Arcadia Valley
Lodging
Restaurants
- Thee Abbey Kitchen - Location
- Checo’s Mexican Restaurant - Location
- The Iron Mule - Location
- Arcadia Valley Coffee Company - Location
History
- Arcadia Academy Historic school, now an event venue, bed and breakfast, and restaurant. History tours. - Location
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site Civil War battlefield, ruins of Fort Davidson, and museum. - Location - Wikipedia
Hiking
- Elephant Rocks State Park Area of exposed granite with large granite boulders sitting on it. Two abandoned quarries. 1 mile paved trail, or just wander among the boulders. - Location - Wikipedia
- Johnson’s Shutins State Park The East Fork of the Black River is ‘shut-in’ by the hard rhyolite bedrock into numerous channels and pools. Short paved trail to the shutins, and options for longer hikes. - Location - Wikipedia
- Scour Trail Trailhead to access the scour left by the Upper Taum Sauk Reservoir breach on December 14, 2005. 1.8 mile lollipop loop - Location
- Taum Sauk Mountain State Park Short hike on a paved trail to the highest point in Missouri, 2.8 mile loop to Mina Sauk Falls. - Location
- Taum Sauk Mountain Lookout Tower 72’ fire lookout tower built in 1949. Stairs to below the deck, but no public access to the cab. - Location - History
- Millstream Gardens Conservation Area Picnic pavilion and trail beside the St. Francis River. Access to Tiemann Shutins, the site of the Missouri Whitewater Championships - Location
- Silver Mines Recreation Area Hiking along the St. Francis River. Abandoned mine and remnants of the dam used to power the mining operation. Parking costs $5 per vehicle per day, cash or check only. - Location