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Kessler Park

Green Lake & Cliff Top Trail via Indian Mound Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 55 min

Green Lake & Cliff Top Trail via Indian Mound Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Kessler Park near North Kansas City, MO. The route reaches Green Lake. It climbs 250 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 981 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cliff Drive Access Road 39.11539, -94.54384
Nearest town North Kansas City, MO
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Green Lake & Cliff Top Trail via Indian Mound Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 55 min

Elevation 855–981 ft

Out & Back · Kessler Park

Trailhead: Cliff Drive Access Road · 39.11539, -94.54384

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:19 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Saint John at Indiana stop 289 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cliff Drive Access Road, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftSharp left onto Indian Mound Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Cliff Drive Access Road, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miPass Green Lake.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Cliff Top Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading W.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto East Lookout Point Drive, heading W.
  9. 50 ftReach Green Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Cliff Drive, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Top Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miBear right onto Cliff Drive, heading SW.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Cliff Drive Access Road, heading E.
  14. 350 ftBear right onto Indian Mound Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftSharp right onto Cliff Drive Access Road, heading N.
  16. 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/green-lake-cliff-top-trail-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:19 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: Saint John at Indiana stop 289 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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