Blue and Gray Park

The Red Route (red blazes)

3.9 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 28 min

The Red Route (red blazes) is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Blue and Gray Park near Tarsney, MO. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi850 – 997 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.91870, -94.19888
Nearest town Tarsney, MO

Directions

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The Red Route (red blazes)

3.9 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 851–997 ft

Out & Back · Blue and Gray Park

Trailhead: 38.91870, -94.19888

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:19 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Yellow Route, heading S.
  3. 150 ftBear right onto The Yellow Route (yellow blazes), heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto The Red Route (red blazes), heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto The Veterans Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Civil War Trail, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto The Blue Route (blue blazes), heading S.
  15. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Civil War Trail, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto The Veterans Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 400 ftSharp left onto The Red Route (red blazes), heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto The Yellow Route (yellow blazes), heading SE.
  27. 0.6 miBear left onto The Yellow Route, heading N.
  28. 500 ftArrive 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

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