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Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area

Bushwhacker Lake

3.8 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Bushwhacker Lake is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area near Verdella, MO. The route reaches Bushwhacker Lake. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi820 – 889 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.65323, -94.40067
Nearest town Verdella, MO
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Bushwhacker Lake

3.8 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 820–888 ft

Out & Back · Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area

Trailhead: 37.65323, -94.40067

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:19 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miPass Bushwhacker Lake.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 400 ftReach Bushwhacker Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bushwhacker-lake-out-back-6-km-ada2

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:19 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Verdella, Missouri