Places to hike and camp in Missouri?

http://www.tripleblaze.com/best/?c=29
check this link for a list of Missouri trails

Here are a couple of State Parks in Northern Missouri that you might like to visit that have camping and hiking:

http://www.mostateparks.com/crowder.htm
(76 Hwy. 128, Trenton, MO 660-359-6473)
“Crowder State Park”
The rolling green hills and deep ravines of “Crowder State Park” provide 1,912 user-friendly acres where visitors can camp, picnic, hike – or just take it easy. The camping area includes modern restrooms and showers, a dumping station and a laundromat. Picnic sites are located throughout the park and swimming, boating and fishing are offered in the 18-acre Crowder Lake in the center of the park.
http://www.mostateparks.com/camprates.htm
http://www.mostateparks.com/crowder/trails.htm

http://www.mostateparks.com/thousandhills.htm
(20431 State Hwy. 157 Kirksville, MO 660-665-6995)
“Thousand Hills State Park”
And “Forest Lake” offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities, including swimming, fishing, boating and skiing. Hiking, mountain bicycling and nature study are popular on-land activities. An interpretive shelter displays the park’s petroglyphs – rock carvings left behind by the area’s inhabitants more than 1,500 years ago. Visitors wanting to extend their stay can sleep in one of the cabins near the dining lodge or camp in a modern campground to experience more of what “Thousand Hills State Park” has to offer.
http://www.mostateparks.com/thousandhills/camp.htm
http://www.mostateparks.com/thousandhills/trails.htm

http://www.mostateparks.com/statemap.htm
check this link for all of Missouri’s state parks

Google Earth and pan at low elevation portion of state that interests you.
I suggest looking for abandoned railroad beds in hill country. These are
often adopted or traversed by byways. Plan to park at nearest public-use
area to avoid being towed or vandalized. In an ideal plan there is second
vehicle waiting to bring your party back to the starting point. Rail beds
offer surface by bicycling but you’ll need to beware of all missing culverts
and trestles. Eyeball trestle areas for old wreckage and former hobo use.
Special interest railroads were dedicated to mining, timber or other uses
and often left a lot of ruined equipment behind. Tunnels are interesting.
Uh-huh. As are former railroad depots, track repair sheds, etc. Don’t cut
any fences and stay away from occupied property. Google the hazards
so you can plan ahead.