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For individual routes:
Click on the MAP link of each route to see a complete map
Click on the GPX link of each route to download the GPS route file
If you want to use your phone as a GPS, download the OsmAnd+ app and follow the tutorial HERE
(Do not use ZIP versions if there are last minute route changes- individual routes will be most up-to-date)
Note: To download ZIP files, right-click or control-click the links. Otherwise you may get a 404 error.
All Routes GPX format
Each GPX file contains TWO route versions-
1. A "Standard" version with Way and Via points for Garmin zumo 660, 450, 550 and earlier models, other GPS brands.
2. A "Trip Planner" version designated by a "TP" suffix at the end of the route name. This version uses mostly shaping points for compatibility with Garmin zumo XT, 390 series, 590 series, as well as BMW Nav5 and Nav6. Be sure to use the TP version if you have one of these models or any Garmin GPS that uses the Trip Planner App on the device to access routes. "TP" versions usually work best with TomTOM and phone apps as well.
MAP GPX
RouteType: TWISTY
Navigation difficulty: SIMPLE
Distance: 166 miles
Lunch Stop: None, but you can find plenty of places to eat if you detour into Mountain Home, about 125 miles into the route.
Direction from Theodosia S COUNTERCLOCKWISE
Comments: Begins west on 160, south on 125 via the ferry to Yellville, then picking up 14 SE to N on Push Mountain road which ends at 201. Follow to Shied Hopper Bypass then west on US 62 to Gassville then north on 126 and 5 back into Missouri then west on 160 to Theodosia.
MAP GPX
RouteType: TWISTY, some TECHNICAL
Navigation difficulty: AVERAGE
Distance: 147 miles
Lunch Stop: None
Direction from Theodosia: NW, COUNTERCLOCKWISE
Comments: Begins west on 160, then north on 125 at Reuter. Near Bradleyville, pick up 76 east to Ava then head north and west on 14 to Sparta. Turn left and start heading south on 125.
Optional: If you like little technical county roads, after about two miles on 125, turn left on route T for a fun twisty back road section. When you come to route O, turn around and come back on T to rejoin the main route. This adds about 36 miles to your route so allow about 45 minutes. Once back to 125, follow it south.
125 continues to Bradleyville, where it picks up 76 west to Tanneyville. From there, 160 goes southeast back to Theodosia.
Tip: Even though it's called the Afternoon route, Norm Kern like to ride it in the morning with no lunch stop, then do the 04 Rock Bridge route in the afternoon with a lunch at the Rockbridge Rainbow Trout and Game Ranch
MAP GPX
RouteType: TWISTY
Navigation difficulty: SIMPLE
Distance: 168 miles
Lunch Stop: None
Direction from Theodosia: NE, COUNTERCLOCKWISE
Comments: Begins on 160 eastbound to Gainesville, then northeast on 181 to Mark Twain Forest, where the route picks up 76 to Willow Springs and route 137. At route U, head west to US 63 and the town of Cabool. From there head south on 181 and retrace back to 160 and Theodosia.
MAP GPX
RouteType: TWISTY, some TECHNICAL, DESTINATION
Navigation difficulty: AVERAGE
Distance: 105 miles
Lunch Stop: Rockbridge Rainbow Trout and Game Ranch, Rockbridge, MO
Direction from Theodosia: NE, COUNTERCLOCKWISE
Comments: Begins on 160 eastbound to Gainesville, then northeast on 181 to Mark Twain Forest, where the route picks up 14 west for about 10 miles, then south on 95. At route N turn north to Rockbridge and lunch at the Rainbow Trout Ranch. Great dining at a very attractive location. After lunch, continue west on route N, then northeast on 5 for a couple miles, then south on route JJ. At Thornfield pick up 95 south to 160 and back east to Theodosia. Norm Kern likes to pair the 02 Afternoon 2023 147 route, running it in the morning, with this one for 250 mile day with a great lunch stop.
MAP GPX
RouteType: TWISTY
Navigation difficulty: COMPLEX
Distance: 335 miles
Lunch Stop: Cliff House restaurant, Vendor, Missouri
Direction from Theodosia: SW, CLOCKWISE
Comments: This Bill Wing treasure is the definitive Ozarks mountain region route. Be prepared for a long day of great roads- begins east on 160, south on 5 to Gassville, Arkansas, southeast on technical county roads to Push Mountain road, 27 southwest to Witts Springs, picking up 16 to Pelsor. North on 123 to Vendor, then west on 374 to 7 and the lunch stop at the Cliff House, which has lots of memorabilia and one of the most breathtaking view in Arkansas. After lunc, it's north on 7 to Jasper for a gas stop, then west on 74, 43 and 103 north to Green forest, then county roads to 14 through Lead Hill. At 115 the route heads north through Peel and the Bull Shoals lake ferry before hitting Missouri 160 west to the finish at Theodosia.
This is Norm Kern's favorite route at the Bull Shoals rally and one of his top five in the entire MSTA rally catelogue!
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