Brownie Trail–Girl Scout Trail, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 43 min
Brownie Trail–Girl Scout Trail, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Northwest Parkway near Saint Joseph, MO. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Brownie Trail–Girl Scout Trail, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 43 min
Elevation 938–1,032 ft
Out & Back · Northwest Parkway
Trailhead: 39.78558, -94.82996
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 71°F / low 65° · precip 83% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brownie Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Girl Scout Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Girl Scout Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brownie Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Girl Scout Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Brownie Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Girl Scout Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Northwest Parkway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left onto Girl Scout Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brownie Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Girl Scout Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Brownie Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Girl Scout Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Girl Scout Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Brownie Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Northwest Parkway Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Corby Pond–Brownie Trail, 4 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 142 ft
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