Hiking vs walking - what is the difference
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THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING:

• Hiking boots (maybe a change of shoes when you get back to your car)
• Protective eye wear
• Gloves
• Water/snack
• Trash bag(keep the trails clean)
• Plastic bags for your dog

Links:

MO DEPT OF CONSERVATION:

Wes Minder's info page

Hidden Valley Park Trail System(Urban Trail Controls)

Info

On Russell Rd-west of Worlds of Fun/I-435 & South of Parvin Rd

Trail map
Trail map-detailed
                 

Hodge Park Trail/Shoal Creek(Urban Trail Controls)

NOTE: Dogs must be on a leash

The south parking lot gives you immediate access to the Bison at Hodge Park and Shoal Creek Living History Museum
Adjacent to the museum are several hiking trails that wind around in the wooded area. It's easy to spend 1-2 hours doing this.
The north parking lot is mostly a concrete walking type trail but you can access the hilly trails in the trees by walking south to them.

Face Book page
Info
Info-KC Parks
Trail map

Wyandotte County Lake (Urban Trail Controls)

NOTE: Dogs must be on a leash

It's about 9 miles to walk completely around the lake and can take about 4 hours-very steep in places-you might encounter people on horse back

Satellite view-S Parking lot centered
Info
Info
Trail map
Brochure
Regulations

Huge area south and north of the meandering Platte River-can eaily spend 3 hours wandering around-have seen deer and obvious work of beavers on trees along the river

Satellite view-Parking lot centered
Info
More info-Regulations/Things to do
Trail map

Short but hilly trail-1 to 1.5 mile depending on how you meander-finish in 45 minutes

Satellite view-Parking lot centered
MAP
Regulations

Easy to spend 1-3 hours in this area-there are is a well established trail to walk with a loop at north end but you can wander off the trail and blaze your own fun

The shooting range:

Watch the short video and be familiar with the range operation and rules.
Parma Woods Shooting Range info
Bring your handgun & ammunition and after the hike we can go up to the shooting range. If you don't have a handgun I have several and sure others will let you shoot theirs. Eye & hearing protection are both mandatory so bring what you have. The range has some but they might already be in use. I might have a few extras.
It costs $4/hour per shooting lane so if 2 people take a lane it's real cheap. Only 1 person per lane can be firing at a time so the other(s) can be reloading at that time.
Range hours Oct 1-Apr 30 Fri-Tue 10:00am-4:30pm

Mostly a walking trail.
I was here in 2011 and took us about 3.5 hours to complete. Hmmm. Maybe we got lost. Maybe my note is wrong.

Swope Park (Urban Trail Controls)

NOTE: Dogs must be on a leash

• Woodchuck Run ~8.0 miles
  
• Ranch D-Lux ~3.5 miles
  
• Rocky Point Glade Trail-hiking only-distance not shown
  

Best Buy/Chuck E Cheese-PLENTY OF PARKING
The worst part of this starting location is getting to it. You need to exit I-29 at Barry Rd or Tiffany Springs and wind your way to it.
North Heartland Comm. Church
Sunday would probably be bad day for this lcation. Off of 88th street N of 152 and west of Green Hills Rd. Easy to get to. 152 & Green Hills Rd
SW corner-several parking lots-easy to get to.

Several starting locations-Riverside Library has plenty of parking, Brenner Rennter Park normally has plenty of parking but can fill up, NW 68th & Waukomis limited parking, Barry Rd & Line Creek Pkwy limited parking and the Line Creek Community Center has plenty of parking.
John & I did ~6.8 mile walk from Barry Rd to just south of 64th street.

------------------------Proposed Park Hill schools along Line Creek Trail
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This is a proposed elementary school and new high school for the Park Hill School District from 68th St N to ~76th. It will include a north/south connector road from 68th to Barry. It will wipe out much of the forested land east of the trail. Impact on the trail? Don't know.
Park Hill Long-Range Facilities Plan

Can combine with Platte Landing Park:

Anne Garney Park - asphalt

Platte Purchase Park - asphalt

Well established trail-mostly just walking and not very long. You can leave the park area and walk a gravel trail into Weston which might take about 3 hours to get into Weston and back to cars.

When turning into Park University entrance, bear right and go to the stop sign where you can see the entrance to the underground. There is one entrance, which you can use to exit and another exit only which is not clearly visible so you're not likely to try to enter that way. Drive straight back about 1/4 mile to the stop sign near SD Strong Distillery at pillar #135 to meetup.
Much of our walk is in finished hallway space for Park University so you do not need to wear coats or multiple layers even if it's freezing outdoors and we don't need umbrellas or sun screen:-)