AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cooley Lake Conservation Area

Cooley Lake & (orange, blue, or green ribbon blazes)

2.2 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 52 min

Cooley Lake & (orange, blue, or green ribbon blazes) is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Cooley Lake Conservation Area near Miltondale, MO. The route reaches Cooley Lake at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 280 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 932 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26668, -94.23903
Nearest town Miltondale, MO
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Cooley Lake & (orange, blue, or green ribbon blazes)

2.2 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 52 min

Elevation 720–931 ft

Out & Back · Cooley Lake Conservation Area

Trailhead: 39.26668, -94.23903

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right onto (orange, blue, or green ribbon blazes), heading SE.
  4. 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 100 ftReach Cooley Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cooley-lake-orange-blue-or-green-ribbon-blazes-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:19 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Miltondale, Missouri