Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri

Mill Creek

0.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 03-012 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking

Trailhead Moon Loop Trailhead (On Barnes Chapel Rd.) Drive there

Kaintuck Hollow natural bridge trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season January to December

This is one of the access points to the Kaintuck Hollow Trail System, south of the Mill Creek Recreation Area. This trailhead is the closest to the natural bridge.

Kaintuck has sixteen miles of trails that will lead you through an oak forest, interspersed with hickory, cedar, dogwood, and pine trees. There are several trail loops offering a variety of routes to choose from. Walk through a natural tunnel 175 foot long or enjoy wading in cool Missouri streams. You can visit Willkins Spring Pond with its average daily flow of 3 million gallons. Perhaps you’ll even see the otters that live there! The trails are very popular with horse riders and mountain bikers. No motorized vehicles are allowed.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Moon Loop Trailhead (On Barnes Chapel Rd.) the Forest Service's write-up

season January to December

The Moon Loop Trailhead (on Barnes Chapel Rd.) leads to the Moon Loop of the Cedar Creek Trail. The Moon Loop portion is approximately seven miles in length and is named for the moon-like appearance of the area caused by soil erosion in the 1930s. The area has since been restored. Additionally, travelling south on the trail leads to the main part of the Cedar Creek Trail.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.