Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop–A2B, 7 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop–A2B, 7 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Swope Park near Melville, MO. The route reaches Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 282 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop–A2B, 7 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 762–892 ft
Out & Back · Swope Park
Trailhead: Jetpack - Downhill Only · 38.98638, -94.52687
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 72°F / low 61° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Jetpack - Downhill Only, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Wudchuck, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jetpack - Downhill Only, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower Wudchuck, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto URT Connector, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower Wudchuck, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Rich and Rare Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Wudchuck, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Y Not West, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Wudchuck, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Upper Wudchuk Phase 8, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wudchuck Run, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Blue River Glades Nature Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto A2B, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Blue River Glades Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Wudchuck Run, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Upper Wudchuk Phase 8, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Wudchuck, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Y Not West, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lower Wudchuck, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Rich and Rare Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Wudchuck, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto URT Connector, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Lower Wudchuck, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jetpack - Downhill Only, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Lower Wudchuck, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Jetpack - Downhill Only, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Jetpack - Downhill Only Trailhead
- 71 Underpass–Analog, 10 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 510 ft
- Misty Valley Offshoot Loop–Upper Wudchuck, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Blue River Glades Connector–Wudchuck Run, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- A2B Connection–A2B, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Lake of the Woods–A2B Loop, 7 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 315 ft
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