The Veterans Trail
2 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 46 min
The Veterans Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Blue and Gray Park near Lone Jack, MO. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi879 – 997 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.90368, -94.19777
Nearest town Lone Jack, MO
Directions
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The Veterans Trail
2 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 46 min
Elevation 880–997 ft
Out & Back · Blue and Gray Park
Trailhead: 38.90368, -94.19777
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:19 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto The Veterans Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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 SW.
- 150 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 SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto The Veterans Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 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 surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:19 PM
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
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