Marble Creek Trailhead

Ferns on trail 261.

Marble creek trailhead.

The old splash dam and old structures on marble creek. The trail rides the ridge as long as it can before using some switch backs to reach marble creek. Check website for details. Grandmother mountain view an elevation profile of the trail.

Note that as this road winds up with multiple bends there are high water bars that require clearance to navigate. It s complete with hitching posts water and campsites. At the intersection with delaney creek trail 271 take a left nnw and the second part of the trail begins. A tributary just before meeting marble creek.

Private land blocks the path in both directions so until easements or purchases are negotiated the final route between the two is uncertain. There are interesting remnants from logging days of the 1920s. Joe nf grandmother mtn. Forest road 6510 is very rough steep and narrow.

Trail 261 is part of the marble creek trail system and features fishing opportunities in marble creek remnants of cabins historical logging sites and good huckleberry picking when they are in season. From here you can ride a beautiful set of trails which take you into the old logging camps and past the haunting splash dams. Camping is available at many locations along the route. This is a true river trail up and down into and.

Open to motorbikes but recommended for advanced riders. Marble creek at the upper crossing. Views from trail 251 prior to meeting 261 are few and far between. Marble creek camp 3 is a nice horse facility about 13 miles off the paved st.

Lots of flowers on trail 261. Joe nf grandmother mtn. A fine day hike or overnight backpack the marble creek trail no. The marble creek section of the ozark trail is an eight mile segment extending to crane lake where it connects with the five mile crane lake national recreation trail.

Continue on marble creek road which becomes fr 6510 for another 7 7 miles until you reach a saddle and the pullout on the left at the signed marble pass trailhead. Turn left on marble creek road and go for 9 miles to the top of the ridge to the trailhead. Turn left west on pocahontas road and go about 7 miles to the marble creek road becomes forest road 6510. 261 features fishing opportunities in scenic marble creek remnants of cabins historical logging sites and good huckleberry picking when they are in season.

The marble creek trail is the little orphan of the ozark trail laying half way between the taum sauk and wappapello sections waiting to be connected. View east in dramatic evening light with long shadows. Trail on cranberry creek and marble creek in st. Marble creek in all its glory.