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Big Sycamore–Tyson Station Road, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lone Elk County Park near Morschels, MO. The route reaches Big Sycamore at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 374 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 617 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: White Bison Trail 38.53117, -90.54339
Nearest town Morschels, MO

Directions

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Big Sycamore–Tyson Station Road, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 51 min

Elevation 459–617 ft

Out & Back · Lone Elk County Park

Trailhead: White Bison Trail · 38.53117, -90.54339

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on White Bison Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Ridge Road, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right onto Tyson Station Road, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miReach Big Sycamore, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto East Ridge Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto White Bison Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% dirt10% gravel24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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