PICTURES FROM ALONG SOME OF MOTRAILS !
Updated 10 July 2000
Greetings fellow backpackers ! Below you will find some of the pictures that I have taken along some of the trails here in Missouri. The pictures were taken at various time of the year and may depict spring, summer, fall or winter. Enjoy! - Danny
PICTURE INDEX BY TRAIL !
BUFORD MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST
Me on top of Bald Knob on Buford Mtn.
Vista of Bellevue Valley from Bald Knob on Buford Mtn.
Rock glade on Buford in the morning fog
Bald Knob with rain pockets shining in the sun
BELL MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA
Vista w/me looking east from Bell Mtn.
Looking south along Shut-in Creek
Looking north along Shut-in Creek
Scenic Shut-in Creek again
View of Lindsey Mtn. from the side of Bell Mtn.
WILDERNESS TRAIL - MERAMEC STATE PARK
Copper Hollow Spring
Danny at Copper Hollow Spring
On the trail under the Oaks - Nov '99
Early Spring on the Trail
Blue Bells brighten up the trail in Copper Hollow
Sweet Williams bloom across a rock glade
View of the Meramec River Valley from Green's Cave Bluff.
This is not on a trail - write me to find out how to get here!
PADDY CREEK WILDERNESS (BIG PINEY TRAIL)
Beaver Dam on Paddy Creek
View north of the bluff on the north side of Paddy Creek
The trail switchbacks up the NE side on the back of the bluff.
A beautiful twin pine in the Paddy Creek Campground
My sons at a scenic rock outcropping along the north loop
The trail on the narrow ridge above the Paddy Creek Campground
A view of Paddy Creek near the picnic area with the ridge in the background
Me on the scenic overlook along the south loop
KAINTUCK TRAIL
Wilkins Spring and Pond - Fall '99
MERAMEC CONSERVATION AREA
View of Meramec River Valley from the road to the trailhead
ROCK PILE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS
The rock sign at the trailhead
The ancient circle of rocks on Rockpile Mtn.
The trail switchbacks up the NE side on the back of the bluff.
HAWN STATE PARK - WHISPERING PINE TRAIL
The rock outcrops along Pickle Creek
HEMMED-IN HOLLOW - ARKANSAS - BUFFALO RIVER
A view looking north towards Hemmed-in Hollow from the old homestead
A view of the Buffalo River from the trail back to the top at Compton, AR
Getting wet under the waterfall in Hemmed-in Hollow
Another view north toward Hemmed-in-Hollow from the homestead
The Water Fall in Hemmed-in-Hollow - tallest in the midwest
One of the many cascades along Sneads Creek as you hike down from the Compton Trailhead
SILVER MINES RECREATION AREA
Danny on top of the dam
The dam viewed from the west side
The dam from the trail above on the west side of the St. Francis River
View of the St. Francis River Valley from along the westside trail
The boulders along the river
Rock outcrop across the riverbed
TAUK SAUK TRAIL @ MINA SAUK FALLS
Danny at the lower falls - Mina Sauk Falls
BUFFALO RIVER TRAIL - ARKANSAS
My son Shannon in a tight corridor
A bluff view showing the fall colors
Myself atop one of the higher bluffs the trail crosses
Another 'aerial' view of the valley
A 'mountain across the river valley
One of the public campgrounds the trails passes through
A view up the river valley as we near the end of our trip
COUNCIL BLUFF LAKE
View of Johnson Mountain (1659' elevation) - looking east
- taken from a canoe in the middle of Council Bluff Lake
- the trail follows the perimeter of the lake - 13 miles
- the dam is at center left - water level about 1,100' elevation.
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