Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass
6.4 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass is a 6.4-mile out-and-back near Parkville, MO. The route reaches Elm Lake at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 515 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass
6.4 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 784–990 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.21211, -94.70202
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Southern Platte Pass, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto Brush Creek Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Elm Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Southern Platte Pass, heading W.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:01 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:21 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:48 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Elm Lake via Southern Platte Pass 6 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- Adkison Lake 3.6 mi · ▲ 196 ft
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