Powerline via Katy Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Powerline via Katy Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Klondike Park near Defiance, MO. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Powerline via Katy Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 467–613 ft
Out & Back · Klondike Park
Trailhead: KT Defiance · 38.63007, -90.77943
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Katy Trail, heading SW.
- 4.6 miTurn right onto River Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lewis & Clark Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Powerline, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 200 ftReach Powerline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Lewis & Clark Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto River Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Katy Trail, heading E.
- 4.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.2 mi in (~102 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from KT Defiance Trailhead
- Katy Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Katy Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Katy Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Darst Bottom Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Abandoned Road–Hamburg Trail, 3 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Katy Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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