Big Sugar Creek State Park

Blue Ribbon Trail & White Connector 1 via Ozark Chinquapin Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 708 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Blue Ribbon Trail & White Connector 1 via Ozark Chinquapin Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Big Sugar Creek State Park near Meadors Ford, MO. It climbs 708 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi938 – 1,217 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Ribbon Trail 36.63295, -94.30660
Nearest town Meadors Ford, MO

Directions

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Blue Ribbon Trail & White Connector 1 via Ozark Chinquapin Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 708 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 939–1,217 ft

Out & Back · Big Sugar Creek State Park

Trailhead: Blue Ribbon Trail · 36.63295, -94.30660

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

  1. Start on Blue Ribbon Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left onto Ozark Chinquapin Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miBear right onto White Connector 1, heading S.
  4. 1.1 miReach Blue Ribbon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miBear left onto Ozark Chinquapin Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Blue Ribbon Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.9 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:57 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:43 PM.

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