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Swope Park

Misty Valley Offshoot Loop & Wudchuk Run

2.4 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 55 min

Misty Valley Offshoot Loop & Wudchuk Run is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Swope Park near Melville, MO. It is mostly level, with 246 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi817 – 909 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wudchuk Run 38.98940, -94.51753
Nearest town Melville, MO
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Directions

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Misty Valley Offshoot Loop & Wudchuk Run

2.4 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 55 min

Elevation 818–910 ft

Out & Back · Swope Park

Trailhead: Wudchuk Run · 38.98940, -94.51753

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wudchuk Run, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rancho D-Lux, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Wudchuk Run, heading E.
  4. 50 ftSharp left onto Rancho D-Lux, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connector, heading S.
  6. 150 ftSharp left onto Wudchuk Run, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Wudchuk Run, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto Connector, heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wudchuk Run, heading S.
  11. 400 ftContinue straight onto Misty Valley Offshoot Loop, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Wudchuk Run, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miReach Wudchuk Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miBear right onto Misty Valley Offshoot Loop, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wudchuk Run, heading SW.
  16. 400 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Wudchuk Run, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Connector, heading N.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Wudchuk Run, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftSharp right onto Connector, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rancho D-Lux, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miSharp right onto Wudchuk Run, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Rancho D-Lux, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Wudchuk Run, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 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/misty-valley-offshoot-loop-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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