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2800 Pimville Road
,
Park Hills
,
MO
63601
(573) 431-1069
From U.S. Hwy. 67 to Hwy. 32 west
Equestrian Trails
There are approximately 15 miles of wooded trails set aside for horses,
mountain bicyclists and hikers. Some of the trails are quite rocky, while
others are good earthen trails. Some portions of the trails follow along
small streams. Red Trail is a 7.5-mile loop trail that originates and ends
at
Pimville Road
.
People visiting for the day can park in a large paved lot, where vault
toilets, water, picnic tables, barbecue grills and hitching posts are
located.
Horse Campground
open April through October. It has 13 electric back-in gravel sites
with 20 and 30 amp. breakers and 12 basic back-in gravel sites. There are
two hitching posts at each campsite. Payment for first-come, first-served
campsites must be made at the park office.
Review below Courtesy of
Lalita
Creighton
St.
Joe State Park is located just outside of Farmington, MO. Equestrian
camping is allowed in the equestrian campground with 21 campsites (some
basic, some electric, some reservable) with hitching posts, water, picnic
tables, bbq grills, and vault toilets. There is
also a separate day use area (paved parking lot) with a vault toilet,
water, picnic tables, hitching posts, and grills. The campground is
closed during the winter (check the park website for details) and the
water (day use and campground) is turned off in the winter.
http://www.mostateparks.com/stjoe.htm
The
front half of the equestrian trails is in multiple loops and signed in
different colors (yellow, green, blue, white, and red).
Hickory Ridge Trail is signed in green and is the outer loop near the day
use area. Pine Ridge
Trail is signed in red and runs concurrent with Hickory Ridge part way,
but then continues past it, crosses the road, and continues in a long loop
at the back half of the park. The
other colors are inner connectors. There
is also a trail camp on the Pine Ridge Trail after crossing the road, but
I don't know if equestrian camping is allowed at that site.
There are no facilities of any kind at this campsite.
Some
of the trails are rocky, and there are some long hills, but nothing very
steep. There are several illegal trails or old forest roads that
criss-cross the legal trails making it easy to get lost, especially in
the front section of the trails. Also, there is a radio-controlled
airplane flying field just down the road from the trailhead, so
sometimes you can see and hear RC planes overhead. There are a few
creek crossings on the north side of the red loop, otherwise the only
water is at the parking lot.
On the Pine Ridge Trail, after the road crossing and before the
long loop (and near the trail-side camping), there is a long, mostly
flat, very sandy stretch which is a great area if you're looking for a
little bit of speed.
I
created three maps for this park. One of all the trails, and one
each of the front and back halfs of the park to show more detail.
Lalita
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