Valley View Glades Natural Area: hunting and access
Valley View Glades Natural Area is 212 acres of MDC land in Jefferson County, next to Raintree Plantation. MDC lists deer hunting here (archery only, antlerless permits allowed). Hunters checked 5,173 deer in Jefferson County in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: MDC's conservation area data, read 2026-10. Harvest: MDC deer harvest summaries, 2021 to 2025.
MDC conservation areasCounty, city and regional landValley View Glades Natural AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 212 acres (225 by MDC's page) |
|---|---|
| County | Jefferson County |
| Deer harvest unit | Jefferson County |
| MDC lists for hunting | Deer, Turkey and Squirrel |
| MDC area number | 8213 |
| MDC region | St. Louis |
| Nearest towns | Raintree Plantation (next to it), Hillsboro (3 mi) and Cedar Hill Lakes (5 mi) |
What is Valley View Glades Natural Area like?
At Valley View Glades Natural Area, you're only a few steps away from a spectacular view! Just a short stroll from the parking lot brings you through a wooded corridor and to a breathtaking vista. A sprawling open glade complex that features striking flower displays during spring and summer. A dusting of frost in the winter offers another incredible sight. Continuing the two-to-three-mile trail brings hikers up and down through woods, over intermittent streams and along additional open glades for a truly diverse experience. The 225-acre Valley View Glades area is part of a much larger complex of glades that extends eastward and beyond Hillsboro and Desoto, to Festus, then south into Ste. Genevieve County. Victoria Glades, also part of this same glade complex, is also a short distance away.
In MDC's words, from the Valley View Glades Natural Area page.
What can you hunt on Valley View Glades Natural Area?
MDC's page for Valley View Glades Natural Area lists: Deer: archery only, antlerless permits allowed; Turkey: archery and firearms; Squirrel.
What are the rules on Valley View Glades Natural Area?
MDC's standard conservation area rules (Chapter 11 of the Wildlife Code) apply; the area's rules on MDC's site list any it adds.
How many deer are taken around Valley View Glades Natural Area?
Valley View Glades Natural Area lies in Jefferson County. Hunters checked 5,173 deer in Jefferson County in 2025, against 4,890 in 2024.
| County | Valley View Glades Natural Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 212 | 5,173 | 4,890 | 5,757 |
Harvest for the whole county, not the conservation area alone: MDC deer harvest summaries (2021 to 2025 seasons).
How do you get to Valley View Glades Natural Area?
MDC's directions: From Morse Mill, take Route B east 1 mile.
Nearest towns: Raintree Plantation (next to it), Hillsboro (3 miles), Cedar Hill Lakes (5 miles) and Cedar Hill (6 miles). Highways within 5 miles: MO 21.
What other public land is near Valley View Glades Natural Area?
MDC lands within 10 miles:
- Victoria Glades Conservation Area: 241 acres, 5 miles away
- Merrill Horse Access: 80 acres, 7.7 miles away
- LaBarque Creek Conservation Area: 1,284 acres, 9.5 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Valley View Glades Natural Area
Counting Valley View Glades Natural Area itself, 212 of the 22,942 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (0.9%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and MDC conservation area boundaries.
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| MDC conservation areas | 212 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Valley View Glades Natural Area?
In Jefferson County, next to Raintree Plantation.
Can you deer hunt on Valley View Glades Natural Area?
Yes, by MDC's page: archery only, antlerless permits allowed.
How much public land is around Valley View Glades Natural Area?
212 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Valley View Glades Natural Area included, by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and MDC conservation area boundaries. The closest other MDC area is Victoria Glades Conservation Area (5 miles).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: MDC, Valley View Glades Natural Area; MDC conservation area boundaries.
- Boundary and acres: MDC's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and MDC conservation area boundaries.
- Deer harvest: MDC deer harvest summaries (2021 to 2025 seasons).
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