Blue Trail–Dogwood Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Forest 44 Conservation Area near Ranken, MO. It climbs 325 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi427 – 709 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trailhead @ Forest 44 Conservation Area 38.52945, -90.51302
Nearest town Ranken, MO
Directions
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Blue Trail–Dogwood Ridge Trail, 5 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 426–708 ft
Out & Back · Forest 44 Conservation Area
Trailhead: Trailhead @ Forest 44 Conservation Area · 38.52945, -90.51302
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Gray Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Gray Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:04 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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