AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Southwest Parkway

Bartlet Branch Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Bartlet Branch Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Southwest Parkway near Kirschner, MO. It climbs 524 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 1,050 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.71904, -94.85035
Nearest town Kirschner, MO
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Bartlet Branch Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Elevation 855–1,051 ft

Out & Back · Southwest Parkway

Trailhead: 39.71904, -94.85035

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 2.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Bartlet Branch Trail, heading E.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right onto Patee Trail, heading N.
  7. 150 ftReach Bartlet Branch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bartlet Branch Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 2.6 miArrive 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/bartlet-branch-trail-out-back

Trail surface

86% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~102 min). Leave by 5:19 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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