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Camp Branch Park

Smithville Lake–Whispering Pine Viewpoint, 7 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Smithville Lake–Whispering Pine Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Camp Branch Park near Paradise, MO. The route passes Smithville Lake before reaching Whispering Pine Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 961 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stan's Loop 39.42964, -94.52183
Nearest town Paradise, MO
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Smithville Lake–Whispering Pine Viewpoint, 7 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 869–961 ft

Out & Back · Camp Branch Park

Trailhead: Stan's Loop · 39.42964, -94.52183

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Stan's Loop, heading N.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Backbone Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftPass Smithville Lake.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Stan's Loop, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Backbone Trail, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftBear right onto Stan's Loop, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Backbone Trail, heading E.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Stan's Loop, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Backbone Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Stan's Southside, heading E.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Backbone Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Stan's Southside, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftTurn left onto Backbone Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Stan's Southside, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right onto Stan's Connector, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right onto Harter Way, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Happy Jack's, heading NE.
  18. 0.6 miBear left onto Posson Trot, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left onto Whispering Pine Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Backbone Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lakeside Speedway, heading SW.
  22. 200 ftSharp right onto Neale's Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miPass Whispering Pine Viewpoint.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Whispering Pine Trail, heading N.
  25. 50 ftReach Smithville Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 100 ftTurn left onto Neale's Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lakeside Speedway, heading NW.
  28. 150 ftSharp right onto Backbone Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Whispering Pine Trail, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Posson Trot, heading E.
  31. 0.4 miBear right onto Happy Jack's, heading S.
  32. 0.6 miTurn left onto Harter Way, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miSharp left onto Stan's Connector, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left onto Stan's Southside, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miSharp left onto Backbone Trail, heading S.
  36. 50 ftTurn right onto Stan's Southside, heading S.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  38. 400 ftBear right onto Backbone Trail, heading N.
  39. 100 ftContinue straight onto Stan's Southside, heading N.
  40. 100 ftBear left onto Backbone Trail, heading SW.
  41. 0.1 miBear left onto Stan's Loop, heading S.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Backbone Trail, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Stan's Loop, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftBear left onto Backbone Trail, heading SE.
  45. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stan's Loop, heading S.
  46. 50 ftTurn left onto Backbone Trail, heading S.
  47. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stan's Loop, heading SE.
  48. 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/smithville-lake-whispering-pine-viewpoint-out-back-7-sights-7-km

Trail surface

78% dirt19% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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