Ozark National Scenic Riverways \u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>The Ozark National Scenic Riverways protects the river system\u00a0which includes the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers as well as hundreds of freshwater springs, caves, trails and historic sites.\u00a0 Phone\u00a0573-323-4236\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Trails<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Accessibility<\/a>
\nMap of Big Spring Trail System<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Website<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/a>Lick Log Trail:\u00a0“1 mile loop trail—easy with no steep grades. \u00a0Trailhead is located off Fox Pen Road (County Road 205) about two miles north of Eminence on Route 19. ……\u00a0This hike offers a wide range of Ozark habitats from an upland forest of oak-pine to dolomite glades, Rhyolite glades, fens (wetlands), and igneous “shut-ins”—each with unique flora and fauna.”
\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Welch Spring Trail: 0.8 miles round trip,\u00a0off Hwy. K north of Akers. \u00a0Described as an “easy walk from the trailhead parking area north along a rock\/earth impoundment out to Welch Spring—which emits 78.2 million gallons of crystal clear water a day from a cave at the base of a limestone cliff.” \u00a0\u00a0Review by AllTrails
\n<\/a><\/a>Slough Trail:1.2 miles round trip. “An easy stroll that begins just north of the ‘Big Spring”. \u00a0The trail goes through a stand of cane and a riparian forest along the slough. \u00a0Described by Waymarking.com<\/a>
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