Riding in St Joe State Park Missouri

St Joe State Park is located 3 miles West of Hwy 67 on Hwy 32. It is an 8,242-acre park, in the “lead belt” of Missouri. It is Missouri’s third largest park. There are four lakes with a boat ramp. They have 6 open shelters.

horse campground entrance

Activities in the park include Camping Fishing, Swimming, Hiking, Horse back riding and Mountain biking, and all terrain vehicles.

The park has firewood available, a laundry, showers, and a dump station. There are a few reservable campsites.

The park has two campgrounds, one of which is to accommodate campers with horses and ORV”S (off road vehicles).

The horse and biking trails are designated as multipurpose trails and you may encounter cyclists on your ride through the park. There are also separate paved or hard surfaced trails for hikers and bicycles only.

The Pine Ridge Trail is a ten-mile loop. There is a trailhead at the horse trailer staging area- it is a day use only paved parking lot. The other trailhead is at the campground.

There are vault toilets, water, and picnic tables, BBQ grills and hitching posts at the day use area.

The campground for horses has very nice large lots. They are gravel with a large table and fire ring area. They all have hitching posts in the back. There are 12 basic and 13 electric campsites, just in the horse area. Water is available near the roadside.

campsite at St Joe Park