The Clearwater area abounds with trails for all kinds of activities. There are quiet nature trails where you can slip up on wildlife doing its thing. There are trails to scenic spots and historic locations.
A trail below Clearwater Dam on the Route HH side of the river is blacktopped. It is designated for hiking and biking. It goes to the end of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property, almost to Kemper’s Resort.
There are exercise trails, including another popular bike and hike trail at Sam A. Baker State Park.
Many of our backroads can be considered trails for vehicles to travel. Obtain a county road map for Wayne and Reynolds Counties and there are hundreds of miles to explore. The Conservation Department’s Atlas is a collection of county road maps.
One of the newer foot trails is along McKenzie Creek in Piedmont. It is part of a floodway greenway project that is turning the
creek into a city park through town. For many Clearwater visitors, however, the roads in the campgrounds and picnic areas serve as trails. There are miles of them in the area.There are many nature trails. One of the newest is a campground trail at Bluff View Recreation Area. It is about a mile long.
River Roads, below the dam, is perhaps the trail capitol of the Corps of Engineers trails. Besides the new hike/bike trail, there’s the “Watchable Wildlife Trail” on the other side of Black River.
Part of it is a boardwalk along Black River pools below the dam. It continues into an undeveloped area further down the river.
This area is managed to attract a wide variety of There’s certainly plenty of water and things to do on the water in the Clearwater area. But a lot of people also want to stretch their legs on a trail.
The Clearwater area abounds with trails for all kinds of activities. There are quiet nature trails where you can slip up on wildlife doing its thing. There are trails to scenic spots and historic locations.
A trail below Clearwater Dam on the Route HH side of the river is blacktopped. It is designated for hiking and biking. It goes to the end of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property, almost to Kemper’s Resort.
There are exercise trails, including another popular bike and hike trail at Sam A. Baker State Park.
Many of our backroads can be considered trails for vehicles to travel. Obtain a county road map for Wayne and Reynolds Counties and there are hundreds of miles to explore. The Conservation Department’s Atlas is a collection of county road maps.
One of the newer foot trails is along McKenzie Creek in Piedmont. It is part of a floodway greenway project that is turning the creek into a city park through town. For many Clearwater visitors, however, the roads in the campgrounds and picnic areas serve as trails. There are miles of them in the area.
There are many nature trails. One of the newest is a campground trail at Bluff View Recreation Area. It is about a mile long.
River Roads, below the dam, is perhaps the trail capitol of the Corps of Engineers trails. Besides the new hike/bike trail, there’s the “Watchable Wildlife Trail” on the other side of Black River.
Part of it is a boardwalk along Black River pools below the dam. It continues into an undeveloped area further down the river.
This area is managed to attract a wide variety of wildlife. You have to do your part by walking slowly and softly to have a good chance of spotting birds and animals.
There are also trails at nearby Sam A. Baker State Park, including a 16 miler for horses.
If you want to strike out on your own, there’s plenty of wild country along Black River, Logan Creek and Webb Creek, above the lake. The U.S. Forest Service has thousands of acres of Mark Twain National Forest to the east of the lake area.
The Conservation Department has lots of land in the lake area too. You can go as you please on these lands. You own it!
Or you can get going on a really big trail. About 350 miles of the Ozark Trail are open now. Part of it runs west of Ellington. Other parts are to the north in the Clearwater’s headwaters. And one segement begins at Sam Baker Park.