AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Southwest Parkway

Bartlet Branch Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 46 min

Bartlet Branch Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Southwest Parkway near Saint Joseph, MO. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 984 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bartlet Branch Trail 39.75432, -94.81784
Nearest town Saint Joseph, MO
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Bartlet Branch Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 46 min

Elevation 876–984 ft

Out & Back · Southwest Parkway

Trailhead: Bartlet Branch Trail · 39.75432, -94.81784

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bartlet Branch Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miReach Bartlet Branch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 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-4-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:01 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:21 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:48 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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