Trails
Tallgrass Prairie Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding.
Length: 0.34 mile
Location of trail: Behind the headquarters
Surface: Grass, Gravel
Difficulty: Easy
Information: The tallgrass prairie trail begins and ends at the back door of the headquarters. Several vistas of the surrounding prairie. Overlooks into forested draws.
Lewis and Clark Trail of Discovery
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Arrow Rock, Missouri - Jameson Island Unit
Surface: Gravel
Difficulty: Easy
Information: This one-way trail provides an elevated hike through a floodplain forest. Views of temporary wetlands and seasonal creek. Several interpretive signs along the way. Ends along remote bank of the Missouri River.
Levee Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Overton, Missouri Overton Bottoms North Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: This one-way trail provides an elevated hike through a floodplain forest. Views of temporary wetlands and access to two lakes. Trail ends along remote bank of the Missouri River.
Little Muddy Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 3 mile loop
Location of trail: Overton, Missouri Overton Bottoms North Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Primitive hike through a floodplain forest. Subject to flooding and flood damage, often muddy. Excessive vegetation growth in summer makes trail difficult to find if not mowed recently. Check mowing schedule at the trailhead just across the trail bridge on pedestal on the right.
Boone’s Crossing Loop
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile loop
Location of trail: Chesterfield, Missouri - Boone’s Crossing Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Hike through a floodplain forest. Access the trail from the paved Monarch Levee trail and adjacent West Parking lot #1 on the Chesterfield Athletic Complex. Construction occurring on adjacent private property and lake in 2026. Trail will remain open.
Bluff Overlook Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Chamois, Missouri - Saint Auberts Island Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Hike through upland forests and fields to a dramatic bluff overlook of the Missouri River and surrounding floodplain. Use caution at bluff edge and prepare for ticks.
Location of trail: Behind the headquarters
Surface: Grass, Gravel
The tallgrass prairie trail begins and ends at the back door of the headquarters. Several vistas of the surrounding prairie. Overlooks into forested draws.