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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Antire Road, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miPass Horse Spring.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gray Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftReach Horse Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Gray Trail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Ridge Trail, heading E.
  24. 200 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
  28. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

83% dirt1% gravel16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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