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Adkison Lake & Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass

7.6 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Adkison Lake & Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Waldron, MO. The route passes Elm Lake before reaching Adkison Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 559 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 991 ft8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.22466, -94.75760
Nearest town Waldron, MO
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Adkison Lake & Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass

7.6 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 768–990 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.22466, -94.75760

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Elm Lake.
  3. 200 ftSharp left onto Brush Creek Trail, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftTurn right onto Southern Platte Pass, heading E.
  5. 2.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miReach Adkison Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 2.9 miTurn left onto Brush Creek Trail, heading W.
  16. 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/adkison-lake-elm-lake-out-back-3-lakes-12-km-23c7

Trail surface

73% paved27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Waldron, Missouri