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Instructions For Using A Paddler's Guide to Missouri

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Missouri Department of Conservation
Post Office Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573/751-4115

Missouri Department of Conservation

Copyright© 2003, 2008 by the Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri

]]> normal #MDCAccess_Normal highlight #MDCAccess_Normal Meramec I 7affffff http://www.lmvp.org/kayakswarm/PaddlersGuide/images/Meramec-1.jpg 0.75 38.13099391716465 37.73015260001276 -91.12947195217399 -91.55585774926747 -1.123798024733761 Meramec II 7affffff http://www.lmvp.org/kayakswarm/PaddlersGuide/images/Meramec-2.jpg 0.75 38.35571799675552 38.05665892160196 -90.89424416690441 -91.26046652236157 -1.813365705766903 Meramec III 63ffffff http://www.lmvp.org/kayakswarm/PaddlersGuide/images/Meramec-3.jpg 0.75 38.57631252612038 38.27846431682284 -90.32389716175129 -90.94748091746584 -1.155821580100777 Meramec River MDC Access 0.9 #MDCAccess_Normal 0.9 Short Bend Access. Good access for canoes/kayaks. No No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.428093,37.751476 26.2 #MDCAccess_Normal 26.2 Woodson K. Woods Wildlife Area and access on right. Reached from Hwy. 8. Usually the highest practical put-in. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.508590,37.951017 35.1 #MDCAccess_Normal 35.1 Scotts Ford Access on northwest side of bridge. Gravel bar. No ramp. Private campground nearby. No No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.456696,37.978016 42.3 #MDCAccess_Normal 42.3 Riverview Access, off Hwy. 0. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.425430,37.992367 50 #MDCAccess_Normal 50 Bird's Nest Access (Crawford County) on right. St. Louis-San Francisco R.R. and county bridges. Good rift in river. City park and private campground. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.360596,37.997314 66.2 #MDCAccess_Normal 66.2 Huzzah Conservation Area and access, off Hwy. E. No No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.220856,38.035637 78.6 #MDCAccess_Normal 78.6 Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area and access on Thickety Ford Road. Low-water bridge removed, but pilings still present. No ramp. Must carry canoe/kayak to river. No No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.156158,38.123781 83.2 #MDCAccess_Normal 83.2 Sappington Bridge Access. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.109378,38.158534 95.4 #MDCAccess_Normal 95.4 Sand Ford Access off Hwy. W CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.079950,38.252603 112.6 #MDCAccess_Normal 112.6 Red Horse Access on right, off Hwy. K, Old Hwy K and Project Road. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.932283,38.282703 127.2 #MDCAccess_Normal 127.2 River 'Round Conservation Area and access, off TT to Mill Hill to Old Cove Road. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.872650,38.356103 132.8 #MDCAccess_Normal 132.8 Chouteau Claim Access at junction with Bourbeuse River. County road and bridge 0.4 mile up Bourbeuse. CBR Yes No 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.889456,38.399186 Other Access 0 #OtherAccess_Normal 0 Low-water bridge at Short Bend, just off Hwy. 19. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.435524,37.744323 6.3 #OtherAccess_Normal 6.3 Low-water bridge access on extension of Hwy. M. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.450234,37.789832 8.7 #OtherAccess_Normal 8.7 Low-water bridge access at Cook Station. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.432894,37.803033 13.7 #OtherAccess_Normal 13.7 Low-water bridge access at Wesco. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.433056,37.860500 16.7 #OtherAccess_Normal 16.7 Low-water bridge access on road between Wesco and Hwy. U. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.453976,37.891567 18.7 #OtherAccess_Normal 18.7 Low-water bridge access. Hwy. U 1.3 miles north. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.480319,37.894757 46.8 #OtherAccess_Normal 46.8 Fishing Spring Road access. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.384511,37.989536 68.4 #OtherAccess_Normal 68.4 Onondaga State Park, Hwy. H bridge. Public access upstream from bridge on west. Onondaga Cave, about one mile up road to left, is one of the outstanding commercial caves in the state. East side of low-water bridge private with camping. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.223635,38.058284 88 #OtherAccess_Normal 88 Meramec State Park boat ramp from Hwy. 185 at state park entrance. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.098656,38.203314 90 #OtherAccess_Normal 90 Boat ramp in Meramec State Park on left. Watch for rock dike on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.079167,38.222045 94.3 #OtherAccess_Normal 94.3 Meramec Caverns and LaJolla Springs. Access. This cave is one of the commercial ones in the state. The management provides a park and picnic area for the public along the left bank, below the cave. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.091137,38.241818 112.3 #OtherAccess_Normal 112.3 Private access at beach on right. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.937551,38.276890 117.3 #OtherAccess_Normal 117.3 Hwy. 30-47 Bridge. Private access. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.921864,38.322606 131.4 #OtherAccess_Normal 131.4 Hillcrest Park private access. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.886350,38.383018 132.4 #OtherAccess_Normal 132.4 St. Louis-San Francisco R.R. Bridge. Access. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.888244,38.394436 136 #OtherAccess_Normal 136 Robertsville State Park access. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.818342,38.436300 145.3 #OtherAccess_Normal 145.3 Hwy. F Bridge. Private access. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.735689,38.467181 169 #OtherAccess_Normal 169 Castlewood State Park off Kiefer Creek Road. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.532417,38.544767 180.4 #OtherAccess_Normal 180.4 Winter County Park with ramps on right, off Corisande Beach Road. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.421564,38.503304 Other Feature 0.08 #OtherFeature_Normal 0.08 Hwy. 19 Bridge. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.435284,37.745703 10.1 #OtherFeature_Normal 10.1 Hwy. M Bridge. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.437487,37.828953 13.4 #OtherFeature_Normal 13.4 Low dam. Portage. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.438817,37.857300 20.7 #OtherFeature_Normal 20.7 Benton Creek on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.506018,37.891499 26.1 #OtherFeature_Normal 26.1 Hwy. 8 Bridge. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.511717,37.950535 28.1 #OtherFeature_Normal 28.1 Maramec Spring branch, on left, is 0.7 mile long and is managed for trout fishing. The spring, with average daily flows of more than 90 million gallons. The park in the area of the spring and branch is owned and maintained by The James Foundation. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.534374,37.961717 28.8 #OtherFeature_Normal 28.8 Dry Fork enters on left. Although this creek has a drainage as large as the upper Meramec, much of its water is thought to drain into the Maramec Spring system. Consequently, it is seldom floatable. Its gradient for the lower 23 miles from Hwy. F is 5.2. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.525291,37.969561 32.8 #OtherFeature_Normal 32.8 Richart Spring on left. Not open to public. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.487897,37.982060 41 #OtherFeature_Normal 41 Indian Spring and private lodge on right. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.430419,37.978622 43.9 #OtherFeature_Normal 43.9 Pine Branch on left. McIntosh Spring is one of the springs feeding this branch. It has a flow of under a million gallons but once operated a water wheel. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.404096,38.011627 44.4 #OtherFeature_Normal 44.4 Private cottages on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.393069,38.006150 47 #OtherFeature_Normal 47 Many private campgrounds in this area. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.379930,37.989700 47.9 #OtherFeature_Normal 47.9 Hwy. 19 Bridge. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.376233,37.988998 50.5 #OtherFeature_Normal 50.5 Whittenburg Creek on right. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.351866,37.998815 55.3 #OtherFeature_Normal 55.3 Private campground. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.321256,38.014962 58.3 #OtherFeature_Normal 58.3 Lick Creek on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.304438,38.041082 59.1 #OtherFeature_Normal 59.1 Saranac Spring branch on left and private campground. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.299602,38.045594 62 #OtherFeature_Normal 62 Spring branch on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.289477,38.042054 65.9 #OtherFeature_Normal 65.9 Huzzah Creek enters on right. Section just above Huzzah Creek often has log obstructions. The Huzzah and its companion creek, the Courtois, are floatable and are described separately. Huzzah Conservation Area extends along right bank for next 1.5 miles. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.227743,38.031716 70.4 #OtherFeature_Normal 70.4 Opossum Hollow Creek on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.195871,38.061450 73.7 #OtherFeature_Normal 73.7 Campbell Bridge Access on Hwy. N. CBR 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.149979,38.082977 78 #OtherFeature_Normal 78 Private access canoe rental and campground. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.156682,38.111244 85.3 #OtherFeature_Normal 85.3 Hamilton Creek on right. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.095585,38.179713 85.8 #OtherFeature_Normal 85.8 Green Cave and picnic shelter on right in Meramec State Park. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.092094,38.180546 86.2 #OtherFeature_Normal 86.2 Stater Creek on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.097253,38.186909 88.2 #OtherFeature_Normal 88.2 State park picnic ground along left bank, from bridge to Camper's Spring. Stores for supplies 2.5 miles up road on left or in Sullivan 1.5 miles beyond. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.092850,38.210313 88.5 #OtherFeature_Normal 88.5 Camper's Spring on left at base of bluff. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.088979,38.213615 89.5 #OtherFeature_Normal 89.5 Panther Cave, in bluff on right. The "lower" state park campground extends along the left bank in this area. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.077488,38.218239 90.2 #OtherFeature_Normal 90.2 Fisher Cave 0.2 mile from river on left is operated as a park concession. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.081214,38.226986 91 #OtherFeature_Normal 91 Silver Hollow Creek on right. 92.0 Private canoe park on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.067106,38.234888 92.1 #OtherFeature_Normal 92.1 Private concrete boat ramp on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.067242,38.243586 92.3 #OtherFeature_Normal 92.3 Private pavilion on left. Bluff on right. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.071231,38.243901 98 #OtherFeature_Normal 98 Twin Springs and private club on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.065655,38.273143 98.7 #OtherFeature_Normal 98.7 Roaring Spring, on left. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.070324,38.276986 101.7 #OtherFeature_Normal 101.7 Pickle Ford (Huff Ford). Poor access on left bank. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -91.027783,38.256794 104.4 #OtherFeature_Normal 104.4 Plum Ford. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.997923,38.277959 112 #OtherFeature_Normal 112 Hwy. K Bridge. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.944647,38.276647 112.2 #OtherFeature_Normal 112.2 Indian Creek on right. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.939623,38.274845 123.8 #OtherFeature_Normal 123.8 -90.882329,38.348299 176 #OtherFeature_Normal 176 Ackerman Access at 1-44 Bridge. No ramp. 39916 Manual using Google Earth 0.5 mile -90.434115,38.543800