Henry, Steve. "The Mountain Biker's Guide to the Ozarks," Menasha Ridge Press, 1993. Covers biking trails in Missouri, Arkansas, and Western Kentucky. Section on Missouri Ozark Trail, pp. 99 Overview-125. Arkansas Ozark Highlands Trail in the Ozark national Forest segments are covered on pp. 140-166. The Buffalo National River trails are covered on pp. 167-187. This section is of special interest to the concept of a unified Ozark Trail system, since the future linking portions of Arkansas trails and Missouri's Ozark Trail will pass along the Buffalo River and Norfolk Lake, 90% of which lies within Arkansas.] Aukley, Oz (Jim Aukley, Ed.). "Missouri Ozark Waterways", Revised 1997. Department of Conservation of the State of Missouri, Jefferson City, 1997. Earngey, Bill. "Missouri Roadsides, the Traveler's Companion." The University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1995, p. 303. Gives the origin of all of Missouri's 114 counties. Frey, Kelly and Baron, Steve. "Trails of Missouri, Show-Me Outdoors, St. Louis, 1995. Covers in a mile by mile fashion Bell Mountain, Berryman Trail, Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Mina Sauk Falls, Ridge Runner, Taum Sauk Trail and Victory Horse Trail portions of the Ozark Trail in Missouri, plus 22 other MO trails, from the foot hikers point of view. Trail maps are included. Ernst, Tim. "Ozark Highlands Trail Guide, Third Edition", Ernst Wilderness, Fayetteville, 1994. Contains section topographic and elevation maps and a mile by mile description of the trails. Additional information is available on the OHT website. Write to: Trails Coordinator, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO [zip] (phone 1-800-334-6459) to obtain copies:
"Ozark Trail" (11/91), MO DNR
"Castlewood State Park", MO DNR
"Meramec State Park", MO DNR
"Courtois Creek Section State Park", MO DNR
"Trace Creek Section", MO DNR
"Tom Sauk Mountain", MO DNR
"Bell Mountain Wilderness", MO DNR
"Lake Wappapello State Park", MO DNR
"Victory Section", MO DNR
"Blair Creek Section", MO DNR
"Current River Section", MO DNR
"Between the Rivers Section", MO DNR
"Eleven Point River Section", MO DNR
"Missouri Masterpieces, State parks and Historic Sites", MO DNR
"Missouri 1997 Travel Guide", MO Dept. of Economic Development, Div. of Tourism, Truman Stae Office Bldg., P.O. Box 1055, Jefferson City, MO 65102, ph. 573-751-4133, website http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/tourism/
From the U.S. Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture (USDA):
"The Mark Twain National Forest, A Taste of the Ozarks", 16 pages with order form for maps,write Forest Supervisor, U.S. Forest Service, 401 Fairgrounds Rd., Rolla, MO 65401.
From the National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of Interior:
"Ozark National Scenic Riverways Missouri", reprinted 1996 (contact Superintendent, P.O. Box 490, Van Buren, MO 63965, ph. 314-323-4236 [voice] or 314-323-4270 [TDD]).
Jennifer Kulier "Meramec Greenway. A Trail From City To Country", in Cycle St. Louis, June 1997, p. 27
"Roads and Trails Study and Environmental Assessment", Ozark National Scenic Riverways - Missouri, U.S. Dept. of the Interior/National Park Service, 5/91.
"Missouri's Conservation Atlas, A Guide to Exploring Your Conservation Land", MO Dept. of Conservation publication, 1995, 264 pp.
For information on the Arkansas Ozark Highlands Trail, write to:
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