Driving DirectionsIn Hickory County take Route F north from Highway 54, then gravel road 96 east to the area.
HighlightsThis tract is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping and two permanent streams.
About This AreaMule Shoe Conservation Area is in eastern Hickory County. Visitors can reach the area by heading north on Route F off Highway 54, then going east on Gravel Road 96, which runs through the area, and by traveling to the end of Route P from Crosstimbers.This 2,709-acre area borders the eastern bank of the Little Niangua River for over one mile. The area contains forestland, bottomland fields, and steep limestone bluffs. Natural communities include dry and dry-mesic chert forest, dolomite glades, a remnant dolomite savanna, and bottomland forests. Approximately 256 acres are pasture fields.This area was acquired to help protect the aquatic habitat of the Niangua darter, which is classified as state-endangered and federally-threatened species.