Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Brazil Creek Trailhead
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MO · 37.98598, -91.03211
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USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Brazil Creek Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 891 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Brazil Creek TrailheadNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Brazil Creek Trailhead · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care6 mi
- ShShower7 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- DDump12 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- WWater20 mi
- AAir-up32 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Brazil Creek Trailhead
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
891 ft
State
MO
Coordinates
37.98598, -91.03211
Cost
Free · no fee, per the land manager's own page (https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/marktwain/recreation/brazil-creek-trailhead, read 2026-09-26)
Nearby & resupply — around Brazil Creek Trailhead · Mark Twain National Forest · MO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBrazil Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townFour Points · ~4.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBrown's Market · ~15.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.0 mi
- GroceriesChazelle Feed Store · ~14.4 mi
- PharmacyClark's Pharmacy · ~16.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicWashington County Memorial Hospital · ~14.7 mi
Nearby restrooms — around Brazil Creek Trailhead · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBrazil Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBerryman · ~4.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Bluff · ~14.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCouncil Bluff (Wild Boar) · ~18.5 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Brazil Creek Trailhead · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
- Surface water mapped nearby: Brazil Creek (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Brazil Creek Trailhead elsewhere
Other camps near Brazil Creek Trailhead
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Beecher Spring~1.9 mi
- Berryman Campground & Recreational Area~4.3 mi
- Pea Ridge Conservation Area~6.1 mi
- Huzzah Conservation Area~9.6 mi
The unit that manages Brazil Creek Trailhead
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Brazil Creek Trailhead are set by Mark Twain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Brazil Creek Trailhead
Source
public land records
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
USFS Recreation Area Activities, activity 'Dispersed Camping', pulled 2026-09-19: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mtnf/recarea/?recid=77503 || REVIEW 2026-09-26 (nightshift-verified, fire 2510): The recid URL above now 301s to the forest's recreation landing page. Live page https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/marktwain/recreation/brazil-creek-trailhead (read 2026-09-26): 'The Brazil Creek Trailhead serves as a trail camp for the 24-mile Berryman Trail and the 48 mile Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail.' 'Brazil Creek Trailhead has three campsites at the trailhead, each with a picnic table and fire rings. There is room for two horse trailers'. Vault toilet, no potable water. 'No fees are required for this site'. Page lat/lon 37.98598,-91.032112 = this pin. APPROVED: the page states three campsites at this trailhead. EDW BRAZIL CREEK TRAILHEAD agrees to 1 m. Nothing published within 3 km (#8087 Beecher Spring is 3.1 km, on the trail). CONTRADICTION LEFT AS FOUND: the same page's boilerplate 'At the Trailheads' list says 'No overnight camping in day use areas/trailheads at any time of year'. I approved because the site-specific sentence names the three campsites and calls the place a trail camp. Campers should use the three sites, not the lot. No Mark Twain alert touches it | No fee 2026-09-26: "No fees are required for this site" Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/marktwain/recreation/brazil-creek-trailhead -- statement verified on that page (camp_type before this review: None)
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Brazil Creek Trailhead
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Brazil Creek Trailhead
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →