Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri

Hercules Glades- Long Creek

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

Trailhead Hercules Tower Trailhead Drive there

Coy Bald Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No fees · season January to December

This is a small parking area. The road loops around and goes back out to the main road. Within the loop there are several picnic tables and campsites.

Coy Bald Trailhead is the western trailhead for the Hercules Glade Wilderness trails. It connects you to the Coy Bald and Long Creek Trails. Long Creek Trail connects to the 4-mile Pea's Hollow loop and you can hike north along the hollow bottom, then back along the ridge.

Long Creek Trail crosses the creek several times. From this trail you can access the waterfalls.

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.