Blue Springs Lake & Lake Vista Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Blue Springs Lake & Lake Vista Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Fleming Park near Blue Springs, MO. The route reaches Blue Springs Lake. It climbs 275 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Springs Lake & Lake Vista Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 804–967 ft
Out & Back · Fleming Park
Trailhead: 38.98739, -94.27379
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:19 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Vista Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miPass Blue Springs Lake.
- 2.2 miReach Blue Springs Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.2 miTurn left onto Trailhead, heading SW.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:58 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:19 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:46 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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