Posted 2013-05-27 11:41 PM (#152282) Subject: High Knob Opinions?!?
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Posts: 4
Location: Illinois
I am a new member to this site, I have quite often been on here and read the posts but never have become a member until today!
I have read quite a few comments RE: High Knob Campground but they all seem to be older posts... I was wondering if anyone has been there recently and knows what the conditions are?
I have met and talked to some people who love it there but they all seem to have been going there a while and their opinions seem to be rather partial... I'm just trying to feel out some opinions from people who camp all over the Shawnee and beyond!
Posted 2013-05-29 7:06 PM (#152323 - in reply to #152282) Subject: RE: High Knob Opinions?!?
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Location: Illinois
Really? That is the one thing I have heard is really good about that particular camp is the riding and the trails and how great it is... Despite anyone's feelings about the owner... Hmmm something don't sound tight here?!
Posted 2013-05-31 7:50 AM (#152368 - in reply to #152282) Subject: RE: High Knob Opinions?!?
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Posts: 69 Location: missouri
I would check out Double M. It is in the same general area as High Knob, much better owners and much nicer campground. MUCH MUCH nicer campground and the riding is just as nice with a lot more of it.
Posted 2013-05-31 8:29 AM (#152369 - in reply to #152330) Subject: RE: High Knob Opinions?!?
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Posts: 376 Location: Missouri
"I know bbsmg- and he rides more in one day than most people ride in 2 or 3 :-)"
Not at High Knob, we don't. Those trails are far to rocky for riding very fast. The trails around High Knob are scenic, there's just not very many of them. Even the QH, peanut pushers, complain about the lack of trails close by.
Unfortunately, there were more trails in the area, but they were not used for years, and now they are gone.
High Knob, is a good, long weekend camp if you don't mind the rocky trails. The trails around High Knob and the ones near Jackson Falls are the rockiest trails in the Shawnee. Both very scenic, but slow riding.
Posted 2013-06-02 7:05 AM (#152392 - in reply to #152282) Subject: RE: High Knob Opinions?!?
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Posts: 212 Location: novinger, mo
To see the best rock formations and oddities, you need to ride some rocky trails. They go hand in hand. We do not speed along the trails, we ride for the scenic views. The trails out of High Knob are not any rockier than anywhere else. There is the same mix of rocky and not rocky. There are a multitude of trails right out of High Knob, both to the east and west. And within a few minutes you can see some awesome sights without having to ride a long way to get to them.
Posted 2013-07-16 10:58 AM (#153383 - in reply to #152282) Subject: RE: High Knob Opinions?!?
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Posts: 85
Bear Branch has run down quite a bit over the past few years if you ask me. I stopped going there and started going to Hayes..much nicer campground. Have not stayed at High Knob, but did go visit the campground and was not impressed. The permenent ones were good but for pull ins, the main place they put you that was level is out in the middle...no shade, no trees. Not my idea of a camping site. The nicer ones that appear to be new are very unlevel and then the stalls they built are a hike from where you site may be. I want stalls by my site, not down the road. I can't imagine the trails being any nicer at High Knob than anywhere else.
High Knob Opinions?!?
