CEDAR CABIN (interior remodeled 2006). This large cabin is built from fragrant cedar grown right on the farm. This delightful cabin can accommodate 6 to 8 people in its two bedrooms and sleeping loft. It features a full kitchen and bath, living area, screened porch, BBQ, heating and air conditioning. Each window offers a lovely view of the farm. It's an excellent choice for families or for groups of friends. 4 persons @ $100 per night, $10 each additional person up to 8. single occupancy rate negotiable. Our newly constructed air conditioned log cabin has a large porch facing the grand Vilander Bluffs. Downstairs there is a full-size bed, living area, kitchen and bath. Up the spiral staircase is a cozy loft with two single futons, tables and VCR. 2 persons @ $80 per night, $10 each additional person up to 4. For Reservations or information contact:

Welcome To Meramec Farm! Come relax and experience supreme gaited horse trail riding through Missouri Ozarks hills and valleys and along the banks of the pristine Upper Meramec River. Ride for an hour or for days while experiencing the pleasures of country living in your own cozy cabin. Numerous riding trails grace the countryside near our working family farm, nestled in the Missouri Ozark Highlands. You will find that each season offers spectacular beauty and an abundance of nature-related activities and trailrides. Missouri Gaited Breeds Trail Riding Vacations! Cabins and Trail Rides in the Missouri Ozarks! Birth Announcements!. We are a FAMILY FRIENDLY trail rides resort! Bring your own steed or ride our Missouri Fox Trotter, Tennessee Walker and Peruvian Paso horses. Your hosts provide family-friendly cabins lodging in Missouri and just the right amount of involvement to make your visit as tranquil or adventurous as you wish. This unique getaway is only an hour's drive from Saint Louis Missouri. menu links open in a new window - to return to menu close window. Trail Ride in Missouri by the hour or day: Hourly Rate: $25 per person, 2 rides or more $20/person per hour. 4 Hour Trips: $75 per person. A Setting for All Seasons. The 470-acre Meramec Farm is located on a bend of the beautiful, spring-fed Meramec River. It's truly a setting for all seasons--meadows graced with wildflowers in the spring, summer respites in cool caves within the towering Vilander bluffs, wooded hillsides splashed with autumn's red, orange and gold, and winter's intimate stillness after a snowfall. No matter what the season, Meramec Farm is a place for peace and discovery, far away from the pressures of everyday life. For Trail Riding Enthusiasts... Meramec Farm is horse friendly. With advance notice, guests may bring their own horses. Many special rides are available on gaited breeds, on our farm and nearby farms and trails. We have Missouri Fox Trotter, Tennessee Walker and Peruvian Paso breeds for your trailriding enjoyment. Carol will help make the arrangements and is often available to lead the tour. A Peaceful Comfy Retreat. Plan a weekend - or longer - in one of our two private. Activities that Celebrate the Seasons. At Meramec Farm, spring inspires leisurely walks amid wildflowers, picnics, and afternoons spent fishing in the stocked ponds or river. Summer means canoeing and swimming in the clear, cool water of the Meramec, or spelunking in nearby caves. Autumn's dazzling weather invites hiking and bicycling. And winter offers cross-country skiing and ice skating. Miles of trails climb the rugged bluffs and wooded hills, cross open fields and follow the rivers course. The high panoramas and river views are magnificent! Abundant Wildlife Friendly Farm Animals. Wildlife abounds at Meramec Farm. The woods are home to wild turkey, white-tailed deer and many other native Missouri animals. Great Blue Herons nest in the sycamores. Bass and trout flourish in the Meramec River and nearby streams. Since Meramec Farm is a working farm, animals considerably less wild are usually about, much to the delight of children and guests of all ages who visit the farm. Grazing cattle, frolicking calves, horses, foals, mules, chickens, cats and dogs make their home here. Guests are invited to take the ever-popular cow tour--a ride into the herds to see and feed the cattle. A Working Family Farm. Meramec Farm has been welcoming guests since 1982. But its been a working farm since 1811, when William Harrison left Kentucky, swam his cattle across the Mississippi and started his new farm on the Meramec River. During its more than 180 years, Meramec Farm has remained in the same family. Today, the sixth and seventh generations of that family, raise cattle and hay, proudly continuing the family farm tradition. Carol is also an agent for Coldwell Banker Reeves in Sullivan, Mo. If you love the area, she can help you find your own place in the Ozarks!. For Reservations or information, contact: Carol Springer 208 Thickety Ford Road Bourbon, MO 65441 (573) 732-4765. This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit. We are also listed in the child friendly and family holidays travel-quest specialist travel directory. Take a trail ride vacation in Missouri today! Missouri trail rides along the Meramec River are awesome! Stay in one of our Missouri cabins and enjoy a trail ride on a Missouri Foxtrotter, Tennessee Walker or Peruvian Paso horse now! BRING YOUR OWN HORSE. Missouri Fox Trotters. ©2008 meramecfarm.com

No Frills 100 MIles: New this year! We're also offering a No Frills 100 Miles tour. Includes Lodging and riding. Sun-Fri. No meals. Based ride (no transfers to other lodgings) Pack your own lunch. Hayride and/or kayaking offered at an additional charge. Package for 2 - $1400. 3 DAY 2 NIGHT PACKAGE FOR TWO: Includes lodging for you and your companion in a comfortable private cabin, fine Missouri Fox Trotters, picnic lunches and guide. You'll follow the Meramec through fields of cattle, over high ridges with sweeping vistas, and into deep shaded woods. Package for 2 - $450 For each additional rider add $175. 5 DAY WEEK PACKAGE: Includes lodging in private cabin Sun.-Thurs. You have a choice of 4 days of riding and one day of floating the Meramec or 5 days of riding. Each day covers a different territory Across Missouri with picnics in scenic locations. Package (based on double occupancy): $450 per person. Tours on Missouri Fox Trotters. Tennessee Walkers and Peruvian Paso's. Guests of Meramec Farm may arrange for shorter rides by the hour or day. Hourly Rate: $25 per person, 2 rides or more $20/person per hour. 4 Hour Trips: $75 per person. Meramec Farm 208 Thickety Ford Road Bourbon, Missouri 65441 Phone: 1-573-732-4765

Meramec Farm Favorite Links: Places to stay,ride,and visit: The following are an eclectic assortment of sites mostly related to riding and touring Missouri. A reflective moment along the Meramec. Remember to Remember. Channeled Lemurian Messages. The Gaited Horse Magazine. FREE Web Space for All! Hinch Creek Cottages. Secluded cottage in the country near the Meramec river-Bourbon, Missouri. More about the breed that came from the Missouri Ozarks. Rock Eddy Bluff Farm. An Ozark Country Retreat. Choose from an inviting BB suite, two secluded cottages, or an old-fashioned cabin in the trees. The Only health food store in little old Bourbon. The Place to shop for your trail mixes! Equistorm is an online community of equestrian enthusiasts, businesses and service providers. River Trail Country Vacations. Enjoy the peace and quiet of Northern Saskatchewan in totally modern comfort.. Hotel World International. Meramec Farm Cabins Riding Vacations, Missouri, United States | Self Catering UK. MARY TALKS WITH HORSES. Missouri Division of Tourism

Missouri's Meramec River. About fifteen miles Southeast of the town of Salem in Southeastern Missouri, near the junction of Dent County Roads 559 560, a spring-fed brook begins its journey North. Before long, the brook merges with the ‘Dry Branch’ (on the right), ‘Wofford Branch’ and ‘Carty Branch’ (both on the left) and becomes the source of the Meramec River. For many millions of years the Meramec has been carving its twisting, sometimes tortuous 240 mile course into the solid rock of the Ozark Plateau, scouring its way through a deep, slowly widening valley, bordered by limestone bluffs and steep hills. It is joined along the way by innumerable springs, creeks, and four large tributaries, which transform the Meramec into a one hundred yard - to two hundred yard wide flood plane stream at its confluence with the Mighty Mississippi eighteen miles below St. Louis. Maramec spring (note the spelling) is the first of the four major contributors, it pours an average volume of one hundred million gallons of cold clear water into the Meramec per day, swelling the river to twice its size. It is interesting to note that the Dry Fork, which is about the same size as the Meramec in that area, loses most of its volume underground to become a major contributor to Maramec Spring, and in a round-about way - a major contributor to the Upper Meramec. Over the next thirty miles, the inflows from many smaller branches turn the river into a prime stream. Then, from the right, the translucent waters of the second and largest of the headwater contributors, the Courtois--(pronounced code-away)--Huzzah creek, mingles with the Meramec, giving it the impression of a truly big river. Swirling on past Onondaga Cave (Leasburg), Meramec State Park (Sullivan), and the Meramec Caverns (Stanton)--all on the left-- the Meramec receives the cloudy waters of the Bourbeuse River--its only major contributor from the west. As the darker waters flow on, the valley widens, and the river becomes a series of long, slow, wide pools, connected by short, fast, riffles. Around twenty-five miles below the Bourbeuse River confluence, the last major contributor, the Big River, flows into the Meramec from the right. Now, even wider and more sluggish, it enters the Mississippi flood-plain, and wends its way another thirty miles before draining into the Mississippi. Real Time River Levels: Meramec@Steelville, MO. Meramec@Sullivan, MO. Bourbeuse@ High Gate, MO. Bourbeuse@Union, MO. Big River@Irondale, MO. Big River@Richwoods, MO. Big River@Byrnesville, MO. Meramec@Valley Park, MO. Conservation Federation of Missouri. EPA Adopt your Watershed. EPA Surf Your Watershed. Missouri Environmental Web Sites. Missouri Stream Team Homepage. MDC Missouri Watersheds Map. WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MERAMEC? THE MERAMEC RIVER: Then and Now, The Story of a Stream. The introduction above is a sample excerpt as is the the table of contents below. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface (about the author) Favorite Quotes (Nature) Introduction (description) General Map The Genesis (geological formation) The Evolution of Life The Transition of Climate Enter Man The Paleo Indians The Archaic Indians The Woodland Indians The Mississippians The Historic Indians Civilization and Commerce Quiz Yourself Early Settlement The Iron Era The Tie-Hacker The Final Niche (recreation) A Playground For All River Do’s and Don’ts How To Paddle a Canoe Upper Meramec Map Significant Tributaries Statistical Information Meramec Fishing Sponsors Trip Recorder Endnotes Meremec Photos. LEARN ALL ABOUT THE MERAMEC! Click on the download link to get your copy of the entire book free in PDF (Acrobat Reader) format. DOWNLOAD Meramec Then Now.PDF right click on the link and select save target as or save link as (8 MB - approx. 30 minute download @ 56k). You must have Acrobat Reader to view or print the downloaded book, click for free Acrobat Reader download.