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Paddy Creek Wilderness
Managed by United States Forest Service
4,456 acres10.8 mi of trail
Big Piney TrailBig Piney SpurBald Ridge SpurPaddy Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Boone
Boone, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 50% of Boone is conserved land, roughly 15,589 acres. There are about 37 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Paddy Creek Wilderness (10.8 mi) and Peter A. Eck Conservation Area (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Boone, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Boone outdoors
Conserved land
50%
15,589 of 31,519 acres
Trails
37 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Peter A. Eck Conservation Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
409 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Boone
Big Piney Equestrian CampForest Service
Big Piney trail primitiveIn Paddy Creek Wilderness · Forest Service
Forest ServiceIn Paddy Creek Wilderness
Paddy Creek Recreation Area CampgroundFee · United States Forest Service
Primitive CampsiteIn Paddy Creek Wilderness · Forest Service
Slabtown Camping AreaNFS
Unnamed campground in Paddy Creek WildernessForest Service
Unnamed campgroundForest Service
Unnamed campgroundForest Service
Trails
Named trails
Horses 14.4 miUnpaved 18.1 mi
Showing 1–10 of 12 trails
- Big Piney Trail9.6 mi
- Lookout Trail3.7 mi
- Forestry Tr2.3 mi
- Big Piney Spur2.0 mi
- Bald Ridge Spur1.5 mi
- Paddy Creek Trail1.1 mi
- Slabtown Bluff Trail0.8 mi
- Forestry Trail 2490.6 mi
- 2520.2 mi
- Forestry Tr 2530.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
15,589 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Boone
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 15,226 acState Conservation Area 375 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 15,226 | Open |
| Eck Memorial Natural AreaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 254 | Restricted |
| Eck (Peter A.) Conservation AreaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 122 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Craddock CemeteryCemetery
Merrill CemeteryCemetery
Mitchell CemeteryCemetery
Omalley CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Boone and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Boone's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 23.1-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.