When I’m in Piedmont, I usually drive out Canyon Road to visit Bob and Pat Todd, and usually pass by the entrance to Lon Sanders Canyon Conservation Area without stopping.

This time, it was a beautiful spring day and I was in no hurry to be anywhere, so I pulled in to explore. What a lovely, secluded Ozark vista, just a half-mile off U.S. 34 in Wayne County.

The CA is a 130-acre tract containing shut-ins on six-tenths of a mile of McKenzie Creek, which flows through nearby Piedmont.

The rocks and pools are gorgeous. If you’re a fan of Johnson Shut-Ins, Madison County’s “Pink Rocks” at Amidon CA and Millstream Gardens, better add Lon Sanders Canyon to your list of must-sees. There’s a glade restoration project in place and a half-mile nature trail built as an Eagle Scout project.

More information on Lon Sanders Canyon is available at MDC’s Conservation Atlas. 

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