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Kessler Park

Green Lake & Indian Mound Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Green Lake & Indian Mound Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Kessler Park near Air Line Junction, MO. The route reaches Green Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 461 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 945 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Indian Mound Trail 39.11911, -94.51121
Nearest town Air Line Junction, MO
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Green Lake & Indian Mound Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 785–946 ft

Out & Back · Kessler Park

Trailhead: Indian Mound Trail · 39.11911, -94.51121

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:20 PM

Transit-accessible: Saint John at White stop 758 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Indian Mound Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.1 miBear right onto Cliff Drive, heading W.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Indian Mound Trail, heading W.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Indian Mound Trail, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Indian Mound Trail, heading W.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Indian Mound Trail, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Cliff Drive, heading W.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Cliff Drive Access Road, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Cliff Drive, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miReach Green Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Cliff Drive Access Road, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Cliff Drive, heading N.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Indian Mound Trail, heading NW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Cliff Drive, heading W.
  20. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Indian Mound Trail, heading E.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading NE.
  22. 300 ftContinue straight onto Indian Mound Trail, heading E.
  23. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading E.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Indian Mound Trail, heading E.
  25. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cliff Drive, heading E.
  26. 200 ftBear left onto Indian Mound Trail, heading E.
  27. 1.1 miArrive 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-indian-mound-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

52% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Saint John at White stop 758 m from the trailhead

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