USFS National Forest System Trails · Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri · Updated October 2026
Bateman - South Blue (USFS trail 21-6201) is a 4.5 mi trail in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
- Trail length
- 4.5 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Advancedgrade band +12-20%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 21 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Bateman - South Blue?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
Zooming out: across Mark Twain National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Bateman - South Blue (USFS trail 21-6201) is a 4.5 mi trail in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. The tread is mapped as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Advanced band (grade band +12-20%), meaning a steep climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 2 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Bateman - South Blue?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bateman - South Blue in Mark Twain National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bateman - South Blue?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Bateman - South Blue in the USFS data.
- How long is Bateman - South Blue?
- Bateman - South Blue measures about 4.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bateman - South Blue?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bateman - South Blue as native material.
- How difficult is Bateman - South Blue?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Mark Twain National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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