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Pleasant Hill City Lake

Pleasant Hill City Lake–Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Pleasant Hill City Lake–Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Pleasant Hill City Lake near Avon, MO. The route reaches Pleasant Hill City Lake. It is mostly level, with 31 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi892 – 945 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: K.A.M 38.82744, -94.29394
Nearest town Avon, MO
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Pleasant Hill City Lake–Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 892–945 ft

Out & Back · Pleasant Hill City Lake

Trailhead: K.A.M · 38.82744, -94.29394

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:19 PM

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

  1. Start on K.A.M, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Pleasant Hill City Lake.
  3. 50 ftSharp left onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks Access, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto K.A.M, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks Access, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Shore Drive, heading SW.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading W.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading N.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Sasquatch Crossing, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NW.
  19. 200 ftBear right onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading E.
  21. 450 ftBear left onto Sasquatch Crossing, heading N.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lake Shore Drive, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Sasquatch Crossing, heading N.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NW.
  25. 400 ftBear right onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NW.
  27. 150 ftBear left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading N.
  28. 1.4 miTurn right onto West Side Offshoot, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miReach Pleasant Hill City Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto West Side Offshoot, heading S.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading S.
  33. 1.4 miBear right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NE.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftBear left onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading N.
  36. 400 ftContinue straight onto Sasquatch Crossing, heading N.
  37. 100 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sasquatch Crossing, heading N.
  39. 100 ftBear right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading N.
  40. 450 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading NE.
  41. 150 ftBear left onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NE.
  42. 200 ftBear left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading N.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sasquatch Crossing, heading NE.
  45. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading NE.
  46. 350 ftBear left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading S.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading S.
  48. 200 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Drive, heading SW.
  49. 150 ftTurn right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading S.
  50. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lake Shore Drive, heading S.
  51. 200 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading S.
  52. 50 ftBear right onto Lake Shore Drive, heading SW.
  53. 50 ftSharp right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks, heading SW.
  54. 0.1 miBear right onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks Access, heading SE.
  55. 0.1 miContinue straight onto K.A.M, heading SE.
  56. 150 ftContinue straight onto Blood, Sweat, and Ticks Access, heading S.
  57. 100 ftSharp right onto K.A.M, heading SW.
  58. 50 ftArrive 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/pleasant-hill-city-lake-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:19 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

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

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