Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri

Hercules Glades- Blair Ridge

2.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 21-6122-D · trail class 2 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

Trailhead Blair Ridge Trailhead Drive there

Blair Ridge Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No day use fee · season January to December

This is a small parking lot that holds about 4 vehicles.

Blair Ridge Trailhead connects you to the Blair Ridge Trail, this is the trail that takes you straight to the Long Creek Falls. The falls are a 10-foot tall where water has carved out the rock. Pools are created during warmer months, but dry out during the summer or dryer weather.

Restrictions <em><strong>In the Wilderness</strong></em> <ul><li>No camping within 100 feet of an established trail, stream, body of water, cave, rock, shelter, other occupied campsites or other restricted camping areas. &nbsp;</li><li>No building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire within 100 feet of an established trail.</li><li>Group size is limited to 10 people</li><li>No possessing or using mechanized or motorized vehicle.</li><li>No riding, hitching, tethering, or hobbling a horse or other saddle or pack animal in violation of posted instructions.</li><li>No hitching or tethering saddle or pack animals directly to live trees.</li><li>No picketing horses or mules within 100 feet of water or trail.</li></ul><em><strong>Trailhead</strong></em> <ul><li>No trash containers; please pack out all your trash.</li><li>Dogs must be on a 6 foot leash in the trailheads.</li><li>Fireworks are prohibited</li></ul>

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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.