Camping & Canoe Rental

The enchanting quiet of this river, winding through a varied landscape, provides an aesthetic excitement that even white water veterans want to take time to enjoy. Canoeing is enjoyable at any time of the year, but the season from May to October is most popular. During late summer and fall the water level is normally low above Greer Spring. This is a beautiful section of the river, with wonderful solitude. Don’t miss it!

Our camping area has a shower house, restrooms and a wooded area with picnic tables. $5 per person, per night, showers and firewood included. $7 per person per night for electric sites, showers and firewood included.

We are the only canoe rental within walking distance of the Eleven Point River, located near the Riverton Access.

One of the most recent and final river additions to this website is this lesser traveled national scenic river. Not too far south/southwest of the Current River and Jacks Fork is the beautiful, crystal clear, spring fed Eleven Point River. The Eleven Point is a part of the protected National Wild & Scenic Rivers System managed by the National U.S. Forest Service. It is located about 5 hours from St. Louis, Columbia & Kansas City & about 3 hours from Springfield, MO in Oregon County in far southern central Missouri. The Eleven Point River was one of those originally designated under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968. The Eleven Point River is trickier canoeing water than the Current or Jacks Fork and becomes dangerous with only a small rise in water levels and occasional class II rapids. It is not as blessed with gravel bars for camping as some rivers, but is fed by some of the loveliest wild springs in the state. Those on the upper river are relatively small, but the river is fed by the 10th largest freshwater spring in the world, Greer Spring and the second largest spring in the state. It nearly doubles the size of the river and makes the Eleven Point below Hwy. 19 quite floatable even in dry years. Camping along the Eleven Point is permitted and several primitive camps are also provided.

There is a large campground at Greer Crossing (Highway 19) with picnic area and boat ramp. The Eleven Point is adjacent to the western boundary of the Irish Wilderness. The major travelway within the Irish Wilderness is the 18.6 mile Whites Creek Trail. From the trailhead at Camp Five Pond to the Eleven Point River, a visitor will experience a wide variety of natural terrain and geographical relief. The natural and recreational opportunities attract four million visitors to this wilderness area a year. Click HERE to get a visual for where the Eleven Point River is located in southern Missouri.

RIVER NOTE: March, April, May and the first half of June “usually” bring some persistant heavy Spring rains to the area. With this in mind, the river can rise VERY QUICKLY in a short matter of time.

Riverton Route 1 • Box 1280 • Alton, Missouri 65606 • hufstedlerscanoe@gmail.com

RESERVATIONS: 417-778-6116 • 417-778-1605

Eleven Point River – Mile-By-Mile Description

0.0 Thomasville. Put-in at State Hwy. 99 Bridge. Section from here to State Hwy 19 not recommended in low-water.
0.5 Middle Fork enters and increases flow.
1.5 Mill Creek and Barren Fork add more water.
3.1 Posy Spring on left is a beautiful small spring issuing from a small cave in a woodland setting.
6.1 Blowing Spring on left.
6.5 Denny Hollow float camp on left. Roaring Spring on right.
7.3 Graham Spring branch on right. Spring 0.25 mile up branch.
9.3 Cane Bluff. Access and picnic area.
12.3 Spring Creek enters on left.
14.8 McCormack Hollow on left. Lake, fishing, spring and picnic area about one mile up Hollow, administrated by U.S. Forest Service.
16.0 Greer Spring Branch. See description above.
16.6 State Hwy. 19 Bridge. Campsites and put-in. Trail to Greer Spring 0.75 mile up hill.
19.5 Little Hurricane Creek on right.
20.0 Mary Decker Shoals. Rapids.
20.5 Hurricane Creek enters on left.
21.5 Turner’s Mill and spring. Location is also known as Surprise. Access on both sides of river. Camping on south side only.
22.0 Stinking Pond float camp on left.
26.5 Horseshoe Bend float camp on left.
27.0 Barn Hollow float camp on left. Bliss Spring just downstream.
28.5 White Creek float camp on left.
31.0 Greenbriar float camp on left.
33.4 Boze Mill Spring on left. River valley begins to widen here. Camping. No access.
33.7 River divides. Right channel usually best and provides a fast run over a ledge.
35.7 Riverton and Hwy. 160 Bridge. Access east side, picnic on west side beneath bridge only. No camping either side.
43.0 Thomasson Mill Spring Branch-Frederick Creek on right.
44.0 Morgan Creek float camp and Blue Spring Branch. Spring is approximately the eighth largest in state.
44.3 State Hwy. 142 Bridge. Take-out. Limited camping.
48.0 MDC Myrtle Access at site of old Stubblefield Ferry on west side. Limited camping.
49.0 Missouri-Arkansas state line.