Grant's Farm Parking Lot via Grant's Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Grant's Farm Parking Lot via Grant's Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Oakland, MO. The route reaches Grant's Farm Parking Lot. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 607 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Missouri Pacific Railroad 38.57228, -90.39184
Nearest town Oakland, MO

Directions

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Grant's Farm Parking Lot via Grant's Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 464–606 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Missouri Pacific Railroad · 38.57228, -90.39184

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

Transit-accessible: Big Bend at Holmes stop 458 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Missouri Pacific Railroad, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Grant's Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 2 miPass Grant's Farm Parking Lot.
  6. 1.9 miReach Grant's Farm Parking Lot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 3.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Missouri Pacific Railroad, 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 surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Big Bend at Holmes stop 458 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead