AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue and Gray Park

Fangorn Trail & The Orange Route (orange blazes)

2.2 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 53 min

Fangorn Trail & The Orange Route (orange blazes) is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Blue and Gray Park near Lake Lotawana, MO. It climbs 288 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 1,007 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.91241, -94.21974
Nearest town Lake Lotawana, MO
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Fangorn Trail & The Orange Route (orange blazes)

2.2 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 53 min

Elevation 876–1,007 ft

Out & Back · Blue and Gray Park

Trailhead: 38.91241, -94.21974

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:19 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 450 ftBear right onto The Orange Route (orange blazes), heading SE.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 400 ftBear right onto Fangorn Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miReach The Orange Route (orange blazes), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto The Orange Route (orange blazes), heading NE.
  14. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 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/fangorn-trail-the-orange-route-orange-blazes-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:19 PM

Hikes near Lake Lotawana, Missouri