Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri
Paddy Creek-Big Piney Trail
16 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 03-016-A · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse
Trailhead Roby Trailhead for Paddy Creek Wilderness Drive there
Paddy Creek trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Paddy Creek Trail is a 1-mile hiking trail beginning and ending at the Paddy Creek Recreation Area.
Brochures and Maps
A printable brochure (pdf format) is available for download.
Trail System Map ( printable ) and Trail System Map available on the Avenza app.
Restrictions Foot traffic only
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Roby Trailhead for Paddy Creek Wilderness the Forest Service's write-up
season January to December
This trailhead allows access to the southern portion of the Paddy Creek Wilderness, Big Piney Trail.
There is a large parking area at the trailhead that can accommodate horse trailers.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Mark Twain National Forest
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.
