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Learn more about Silica Hill Road SFR 645

Silica Hill Road SFR 645

The West Silica Hill Road SFR 645 is a 1.3-mile-long forestry road through Shawnee National Forest. As you travel the road, grades come in waves from gradual incline to steep grades. These steep grades include…
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Total Miles

1.3

Tech Rating

3 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Slick Ridge SFR 262G

Slick Ridge SFR 262G

The Slick Ridge FSR 262G is a mildly challenging natural fire road that has the reward of a great view of Shawnee National Forest. It features an off-camber eroded section that will test your articulation…
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Total Miles

1.3

Tech Rating

3 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Summer

Learn more about Snake Road - FS 345

Snake Road - FS 345

Snake Road FS 345 or South LaRue Road, is a maintained gravel road in Shawnee National Forest, within the LaRue-Pine Hills/Otter Pond Research Natural Area, a part of the greater Mississippi Bluffs unit. Snake Road…
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Total Miles

4.0

Tech Rating

1 Easy

Best Time

Summer, Winter

Learn more about South Hitching Post - FS 1454

South Hitching Post - FS 1454

The South Hitching Post FSR 1454 (or Horton Hill South) is a rough natural forestry road through the Eagle Mountain area within the Hidden Springs sector of Shawnee National Forest. This route rests on the…
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Total Miles

2.7

Tech Rating

6 Moderate

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about South Silica Hill Road

South Silica Hill Road

The South Silica Hill Road is a gravel road headed south off the Silica Hill trail system through Shawnee National Forest. It is a gravel road at the base, featuring a mild-grade hill from where…
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Total Miles

1.0

Tech Rating

3 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Summer

Learn more about Stone Face Lane - FS 1453

Stone Face Lane - FS 1453

Stone Face Lane/Recreation Area FS 1453 is a gravel access road to the hiking trail and scenic bluff rock overlook of the same name. It is a part of the Eagle Mountain area within the…
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Total Miles

0.4

Tech Rating

1 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Tower Rock Road PCR 460

Tower Rock Road PCR 460

Tower Rock Road or Perry County Road 460 is a gravel road that parallels the Mississippi River, leading you to the historic Tower Rock Natural Area. The road has a few steep grades and is…
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Total Miles

1.6

Tech Rating

1 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Turkey Trot SFR 627/643

Turkey Trot SFR 627/643

The Turkey Trot (FSR 627) and FSR 643 are two trails that seamlessly connect to form one 2-mile trail inside the Opossum Trot Road trail system inside Shawnee National Forest. These trails together range from…
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Total Miles

1.6

Tech Rating

6 Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Wamble Mountain Spur Road - FS 707A

Wamble Mountain Spur Road - FS 707A

Wamble Mountain Spur Road FS 707A is a natural-improved trail in Shawnee National Forest near the Eagle Mountain area, within the Hidden Springs Sector. The FS 707A is best described as your uncle's secret hunting…
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Total Miles

0.3

Tech Rating

3 Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall, Spring

Learn more about West Silica Hill Road

West Silica Hill Road

The West Silica Hill Access Road is known locally as a western access point to the Rock Top "Pipeline" SFR 233 and Silica Hill Road SFR 645. It is made of course gravel at base,…
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Total Miles

1.3

Tech Rating

4 Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Summer

Learn more about Whitney Hollow Road

Whitney Hollow Road

Whitney Hollow Road is an easy gravel road, that in conjunction with Wilderness Retreat Road, form access in between the Silica Hill section to the Opossum Trot section of Shawnee National Forest. The Whitney Hollow…
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Total Miles

2.7

Tech Rating

1 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Wilderness Retreat Road

Wilderness Retreat Road

Wilderness Retreat Road is a gravel back road, that in conjunction with Whitney Hollow Road, forms access between the Silica Hill section to the Opossum Trot section of Shawnee National Forest. The Wilderness Retreat features…
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Total Miles

2.5

Tech Rating

2 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Summer

Learn more about Wolf Creek Road

Wolf Creek Road

Wolf Creek Road is a gravel road running through a section of the Shawnee National Forest. It clocks in at 3.8 miles, leading slowly downhill from the hills of the Mississippi Bluffs into the low-laying…
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Total Miles

3.8

Tech Rating

1 Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall

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