Dexter

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Potable water

Picnic table

Wappapello Section of the Ozark Trail

Camping along the Wappapello Section of the Ozark Trail doesn’t just mean you get to experience the best of this forested beauty, but it offers the chance to get out with your crew and experience some serious backcountry fun

Beaver Lake Recreation Area

If you’ve got a hankering for lakeshore camping and fishing, Beaver Lake Recreation Area will fulfill that camping fantasy

Markham Springs Campground

For some outdoorsy goodness with a slice of history on the side, check out Markham Springs Recreation Area

Mark Twain National Forest

Missouri’s only national forest has 1.5 million acres of wilderness to explore.

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13 Oaks Farm

Learn more about this land:We are a working farm and welcome you to dry camp in our pasture. Deer frequently graze passed.  Fall asleep to the sounds of frogs and nature.  The Black River public access is 1 mile away where you can put a boat in or fish from the banks. The gateway to the Ozark and the three rivers, our area provides a great spot to get to your next camp.

Scottish Highland Cattle Ranch

Learn more about this land:

We have  five campsites in 135 acres of acres of forest and ranch land in our working cattle and sheep ranch.&nbsp; Located in a serene valley in the Ozark Highlands, the Ranch has&nbsp;Sheep, Scottish Highland Cattle, Chickens, Ducks and Great Pyrenees livestock guard dogs (only in the sheep pastures - and they are friendly).&nbsp; If you want to meet our animals and see the farm we are happy to show you around!

This is a unique&nbsp;site located in the Ozark Highlands. Only 45 minutes from Cape Girardeau (a small river town on the Mississippi), and 45 minutes from the Arcadia Valley including Taum Sauk mountain (the highest point in Missouri), Elephant Rocks, the Johnston Shutins, and other beautiful areas in the highlands.&nbsp;

The farm is five minutes from Marble Hill, which is home to the Bollinger County Natural History museum which highlights the only dinosaur bones found in Missouri. The bones were found at a farm in Glennallen (a few minutes from our farm) as well as a great barbeque (Jay’s Restaurant) and a good catfish restaurant (Jers Restaurant). On the way to our farm, feel free to stop at the 1,700 foot deep artesian well to get a cool, refreshing jug of natural artesian well water – the water is free, but you have to bring your own containers!&nbsp;

We are two and a half hours southwest of St. Louis, and two and half hours northwest of Memphis.

Findley Frazier, one of our Scottish Highland cattle. 

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Oak Grove Tiny Home Community

Since 2018, we have traveled full time and stayed at cramped, noisy RV parks that had poorly engineered utilities.. These experiences along with the rising cost of housing and full campgrounds, have motivated us to build our quiet, private, and safe community. We welcome all those who choose to live by the words "Home is where you park it." Oak Grove offers many stay options, full hookups, and more. Make no fuss, come stay with us at your home away from home!

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