The Blue Route (blue blazes)
2.3 mi · ▲ 226 ft · 53 min
The Blue Route (blue blazes) is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Blue and Gray Park near Tarsney, MO. It is mostly level, with 226 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi879 – 1,001 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.90574, -94.20409
Nearest town Tarsney, MO
Directions
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The Blue Route (blue blazes)
2.3 mi · ▲ 226 ft · 53 min
Elevation 880–1,001 ft
Out & Back · Blue and Gray Park
Trailhead: 38.90574, -94.20409
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:19 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Civil War Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto The Blue Route (blue blazes), heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Civil War Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:19 PM
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- The Orange Route (orange blazes)–The Pink Route (pink blazes), 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- The Blue Route (blue blazes) 2 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Civil War Trail–The Blue Route (blue blazes), 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 412 ft
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