Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri

Ozark Trail - North Courtois

13 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 056172 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 12-18 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Harmon Springs Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season January to December

This trailhead is a one of fsix trailheads on the Courtois section of the Ozark Trail (OT).

Directions From Potosi, MO , drive west on Highway 8 for 16.5 miles; turn right on Berryman Rd./Co. Rd. 207; go north about 4 miles and turn left on Floyd Tower Rd./Co. Rd. 205. Go north and west on Floyd Tower Rd. for about 5 miles and turn right on road leading to trailhead. If you come to Forest Road 2284, double back about 0.75 miles.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.