Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri

Ridge Runner-Nf to Noblett

16 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 21-6129-A · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead Horton Trailhead Drive there

Horton Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season January to December

The Horton trailhead accesses the Ridgerunner Trail system.

The Ridge Runner National Recreation Trail is 23 miles long and extends from Noblett Lake Recreation Area in the north to the North Fork Recreation Area to the south. The trail will lead you through a part of the Missouri Ozarks know for its beauty and limestone karst topography. The landscape varies from gently rolling to very steep terrain with rock outcrops and bluffs. Notable sights along the trail include Noblett Lake Dam, Galloway Spring, Horton Cemetery, Blue Hole Hollow, and Steam Mill Hollow.

Parking at this trailhead can fit about four cars.

Restrictions Pack out what you Pack in.  No motorized vehicles allowed on trail system. 

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.