Horse Spring–Antire Road, 6 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Forest 44 Conservation Area near Ranken, MO. The route reaches Horse Spring. It climbs 719 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi413 – 617 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.53569, -90.51692
Nearest town Ranken, MO
Directions
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Horse Spring–Antire Road, 6 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 412–617 ft
Out & Back · Forest 44 Conservation Area
Trailhead: 38.53569, -90.51692
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Antire Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Horse Spring.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Gray Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Horse Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gray Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
83% dirt1% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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