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Overland Park & Villa Milano Pond via Tomahawk Creek Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Overland Park & Villa Milano Pond via Tomahawk Creek Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back near New Santa Fe, MO. The route passes Villa Milano Pond and Overland Park. It climbs 435 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi938 – 1,070 ft14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.88617, -94.62831
Nearest town New Santa Fe, MO
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Overland Park & Villa Milano Pond via Tomahawk Creek Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Elevation 939–1,070 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.88617, -94.62831

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

Transit-accessible: 401 Metcalf Plaza stop 626 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miPass Villa Milano Pond.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miPass Overland Park.
  12. 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tomahawk Creek Trail, heading N.
  17. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 0.9 miReach Overland Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  33. 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/overland-park-overland-park-out-back-16-km

Trail surface

53% paved47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 401 Metcalf Plaza stop 626 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near New Santa Fe, Missouri