AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue and Gray Park

Bergin Lake & Civil War Trail via The Orange Route (orange blazes)

4.2 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Bergin Lake & Civil War Trail via The Orange Route (orange blazes) is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Blue and Gray Park near Cockrell, MO. The route reaches Bergin Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 472 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 1,020 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South of the Border Trail 38.89293, -94.21814
Nearest town Cockrell, MO
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Bergin Lake & Civil War Trail via The Orange Route (orange blazes)

4.2 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 886–1,021 ft

Out & Back · Blue and Gray Park

Trailhead: South of the Border Trail · 38.89293, -94.21814

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:19 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South of the Border Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto The Blue Route (blue blazes), heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Civil War Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miPass Bergin Lake.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto The Orange Route (orange blazes), heading N.
  13. 0.2 miReach Bergin Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.4 miBear left onto Civil War Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Blue Route (blue blazes), heading S.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South of the Border Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.2 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/bergin-lake-bergin-lake-out-back-3-lakes

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:19 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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