Drovers Trail & Sandstone Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Prairie State Park near Fuller, KS. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi896 – 978 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Drovers Trail 37.52691, -94.56945
Nearest town Fuller, KS
Directions
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Drovers Trail & Sandstone Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 896–978 ft
Out & Back · Prairie State Park
Trailhead: Drovers Trail · 37.52691, -94.56945
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:20 PM
- Start on Drovers Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto White Connector 1, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Drovers Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto White Connector 2, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Sandstone Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach Drovers Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto White Connector 2, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Drovers Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto White Connector 1, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Drovers Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% grass
Weather
Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:20 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Drovers Trail Trailhead
- Prairie State Park–Drovers Trail, 3 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Coyote Trail & Nature Center Interpretive Trail 5 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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