A perk of hiking lesser-traveled trails are fewer (or non-existent) permits and parking fees. The Ozark Trail does not have permit, parking, or registration requirements for its trail sections ...

Hikers will rejoice in discovering the highest peak in Missouri that's fit with gorgeous state park vistas, camping spots, ...

Missouri’s Ozark Trail is shorter at some 390 miles, but its route through the forested Ozarks is just as scenic, and secluded, as its West Coast cousin. You also can run into your share of ...

This past week, I got to do a lot of hiking in Missouri. The highlight of my week came on the day I got to hike a section of the Ozark trail.. The trail has over 430 miles divided into sections.

When completed, the Ozark Trail will wind about 550 miles through the Missouri Ozarks from St. Louis to the Arkansas border, eventually connecting to Arkansas' Ozark Highlands Trail.

Massey’s been photographing in the Ozarks (and volunteering, hacking through brush to lengthen the trail) for decades now. He was a contract photographer for the Army, then a landscape designer. Now ...

The Ozark Trail would not be the ideal destination for say, the pampered among us, whose idea of a fab vacation includes shopping, a noisy amusement park, or a spa resort with creature comforts ...

The Midwest may not be the first region that comes to mind when thinking about places to hike, but there are some absolutely ...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK (trail system near Osage Beach, Mo.) This state park offers 10 major hiking trails, ... OZARK TRAIL (550-mile trail from St. Louis area into northern Arkansas) ...

On a recent trip to the Courtois section of the Ozark Trail, Kathie Brennan glanced around at all the cut trees and thought: Gosh, it looks like a bomb has gone off. “It’s going to be ugly for decades ...

In Missouri, the story began when a group of public land managers, landowners and trail users began talking about building a long-distance hiking trail across the "Show-Me" state.