It would be nice to get a list of public trails in Arkansas/Missouri and the surrounding areas.

Here is a great map resource with a bunch of parks/trails in the area

• Arkansas
  • Byrd's Adventure Center - Ozark, AR | Byrd's Adventure Center
  • Rock Creek - Booneville, AR | Rock Creek Racing and Recreation Off Road Park
  • Superlift ORV Park - Hot Springs, AR | Superlift ORV Park
  • Wheeling World - Eureka Springs, AR | Welcome to Wheelin' World Off Road and Camping
• Missouri
  • Flat Nasty - Jadwin, MO | A Little Offroading in the Ozarks
  • Rush Springs Ranch - Jane, MO | Rush Springs Ranch
  • SMORR - Seymour, MO | SMORR, Southern Missouri Off Road Ranch - Home
• Oklahoma
  • D-Day Adventure Park - Wyandotte, OK | D-Day Adventure Park
  • Disney - Disney, OK | Disney & Langley
• Kansas
  • Kansas Rocks - Lenexa, KS | KS Rocks Park

I hear about new trails all the time. Whenever I hear about one I'll update this post. If you have any Trails you want added to the list, just post it. If it doesn't have a website, a link to it in google maps would be nice so that we can find it if we ever want to try it.

Good idea sir

Thank you for this. I will be home in Springfield soon and this will help allot.

Blue

Not a park like the others, but the Mark Twain National Forest around Ft. Leonard Wood has a lot of trails and some are really challenging. Plus theres no regulations, you can stop and take a dip in the river, and its freeeeee.

Saint Joe's State Park.

Park Trails | Missouri State Parks

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...s&ie=UTF&msa=0
Let me know if the link works.

Mo4wd.com

A good source for local stuff....


Blue

Excuse me if it's been mentioned previously but Ouachita National Forest, Hot Springs, AR is huge and scenic. My local favorite. 1.8 million acres in central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. Better have a topo map.

That is awesome, thank you!

I recently checked out a park just south of Mountain View AR called "Heavy Chains Off-Road Park". Heavy Chains Off-Road Park - Wheels Deep has info on it, but they actually use Facebook as their official website.

Upon arriving, it is a working farmhouse. My 9yo son enjoyed being around the chickens & pigs. The young family that runs the place is nice, even offering free pull-outs if I got stuck. It's priced very reasonably.
They don't run an office/store, so BYO food/drinks/etc.

They don't have a trail map or much signage, but do have lots of trails, with a good bit of variety, and a really nice creek running through with a few crossings and a swim area (in July! but it was a wet summer).

Not as rocky as, say, Superlift in Hot Springs, but I had to skip a few technical trails in my DD. Plenty of mud (which I personally avoid). Some good views. A few inclines my 2011 SR5 couldn't quite top in 4LO A-TRAC with worn A/T's. The guy will tell you there are no dead end trails, and I did not find any.

Expect some pinstripes from growth here & there, but the guy asked me ahead of time to let him know where I spotted such things. I told him about 1 trail blocked by a fallen tree, to which he was receptive.

Definitely worth a try if you're in the area.

This might be far so some folks but Cross Bar Ranch in Davis looks like it might be worth checking out.

Davis that's not far, it might be worth checking into but no fireworks or firearms what fun is that?

Post up or PM if anyone is interested in wheeling in a group! Glad the temps are finally starting to drop a little bit.

When I was preparing for a trip to the Ozarks I found this:

https://www.fs.fed.us/ivm/

It seems ok. I found a lot of trails in the Ozarks that where shown as open on the map had closed signs at the trailhead. Some of the trails were marked closed on the map but didn't have any markings at the trailhead saying closed.

What are the rules when it comes to open and closed trails? I saw on another site someone mentioned that if a trail is closed there will be a sign or and obstruction and/or purple markings on the trees. Is this true?

When out there we found one trail that when we got down it about 50 yards there was a downed tree then another 20 or so yards there was purple paint. We immediately turned around once we saw that. Once I saw that forum post I was thinking that it now makes sense.