Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri
Ozark Trail - Karkaghne
29 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 076162 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
Trailheads Highway P Trailhead Drive there · OT Sutton Bluff Trailhead Drive there
Highway P Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
season January to December
This trailhad on the Salem Ranger District of Mark Twain Natiional Forest provides access to the Karkaghne Section of the Ozark Trail (OT).
This 25-mile trail section originates at MO Hwy J just east of Oates. It meanders south across the forested watershed for the West Fork of the Black river to the Sutton Bluff campground, and beyond to the Blair Creek section at MO Hwy 32 and P.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Mark Twain National Forest
Other trails from the same trailheads
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.
