Bar-K Wrangler Camp is a primitive horse camp, with limited picnic tables and fire rings and one vault toilet. Parking to accommodate stock trailers and towing vehicles.
Bar-K is located on the west bank of Swan Creek, serves as a Trailhead for the Swan Creek Trail and is open year round. Pack in/Pack out garbage.
Click Here for a Recreational Opportunity Guide about this site. For information on the Swan Creek Trail.
Title:
Bar K, Unimproved Camp Site
Date:
Location:
Bar K, Ava Ranger District
Credit:
USDA Forest Service
Description:
Source:
USDA, Mark Twain NF photo 1-02032006-0001.jpg
Title:
Bar-K, South Trailhead
Date:
Location:
Bar K, Ava Ranger District
Credit:
USDA, Forest Service
Description:
Source:
USDA, Mark Twain NF photo 1-02032006-0003.jpg
At a Glance
Operational Hours:
Open year-round, quiet hours 10:00 PM - 6:00 AM.
Fees
No Fees.
Usage:
Medium-Heavy
Restrictions:
No motorized vehicles permitted on trail system. No motorized vehicles beyond posted signs.
Closest Towns:
Garrison, MO. Chadwick, MO.
Water:
None
Restroom:
Vault
General Information
Directions:
From Garrison, MO, take Hwy 125 north 2 miles to Forest Road 533. Turn right and continue to the bottom of the hill. From Chadwick, MO, take Hwy 125 south to Forest Road 533 where you will find the entrance sign to Bar-K Wrangler Camp on the left.
General Notes:
No trash containers; please pack out all your trash.
Swan Creek is an 8,488 acre area that provides for year-round non-motorized dispersed recreation use as it is a designated Semi-Primitive Non Motorized (SPNM) Area. There are approximately 20 miles of moderately used horseback riding, hiking, and mountain biking trails available.
Minimal facilities include tables and fire rings, full-length, pull through parking spurs for stock trailers and towing vehicles, and toilet facilities. Keep man’s impact small during your camp stay. Take care not to contaminate water sources with stock or human waste. Campers should scatter manure piles outside the mowed area to aid decomposition, discourage flies, and as a courtesy to others. Use hitching posts whenever provided. Hitching stock to trees causes long-term damage. A hitch line between trees using wide nylon “tree saver” straps with rope run between the straps is always a good idea. Please keep stock out of scenic overlooks or popular stops.
Group Camping
This area is an open field where groups may camp together. There is no fee.
Fishing
SHOW
River and Stream Fishing
Primary game fishes in Swan Creek are smallmouth bass, rock bass and goggle eye.
Although the Forest Service manages fishing habitats in the National Forest, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) regulates and manages sport fishing on National Forest lands.
Everyone who fishes must have the appropriate Lifetime, Annual, or Daily Fishing Permit, or must qualify for an exemption.
Learn the rules concerning which fish are in season and make it your business to know length, take, and possession limits.
For more information on the rules and regulations to be followed, contact a Conservation Officer at Missouri Department of Conservation or obtain a copy of the Missouri Fishing Regulation Summaries.
Hiking
SHOW
Day Hiking
Swan Creek is an 8,488 acre area that provides for year-round nonmotorized dispersed recreation use as it is a designated Semi-Primitive Non Motorized (SPNM) Area. There are approximately 20 miles of moderately used horseback riding, hiking, and mountain biking trails available.
Swan Creek is an 8,488 acre area that provides for year-round nonmotorized dispersed recreation use as it is a designated Semi-Primitive Non Motorized (SPNM) Area. There are approximately 20 miles of moderately used horseback riding, hiking, and mountain biking trails available.
Minimal facilities include tables and fire rings, full-length, pull through parking spurs for stock trailers and towing vehicles, and toilet facilities. Keep man’s impact small during your camp stay. Take care not to contaminate water sources with stock or human waste. Campers should scatter manure piles outside the mowed area to aid decomposition, discourage flies, and as a courtesy to others. Use hitching posts whenever provided. Hitching stock to trees causes long-term damage. A hitch line between trees using wide nylon “tree saver” straps with rope run between the straps is always a good idea. Please keep stock out of scenic overlooks or popular stops.
Fees:
No Fees.
Horse Riding
Swan Creek is an 8,488 acre area that provides for year-round nonmotorized dispersed recreation use as it is a designated Semi-Primitive Non Motorized (SPNM) Area. There are approximately 20 miles of moderately used horseback riding, hiking, and mountain biking trails available.
Picnicking is allowed in the campground. Tables and fire rings are available.
Fees:
No Fees.
Water Activities
SHOW
Swimming
The Forest Service does not provide lifeguards, post boundaries, test water quality, or measure water depth or current at any of these swimming areas. Anyone wishing to swim in them needs to carefully consider the risks involved, and take steps to assure their own protection and that of other members of their party, particularly children. Even commonly used swimming areas may have strong currents during moderate to high waters, or rocks, drop-offs, or other unseen hazards beneath the surface of the water.
USE CAUTION AND SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK WHEN YOU ENJOY ANY OF THESE AREAS!
SHOW
HIDE
