Riss Lake & Main Street Trail via Southern Platte Pass
3.6 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Riss Lake & Main Street Trail via Southern Platte Pass is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Platte Woods, MO. The route reaches Riss Lake. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Riss Lake & Main Street Trail via Southern Platte Pass
3.6 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 888–987 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Southern Platte Pass · 39.21069, -94.65804
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Southern Platte Pass, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Main Street Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Riss Lake.
- 0.5 miReach Riss Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Southern Platte Pass, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Southern Platte Pass 2.1 mi · ▲ 141 ft
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