Kansas trails · Perry Lake Trail
Perry Lake Trail
A 10.8-mile out-and-back in Kansas, with 142 ft of climbing. Reaches Perry Lake.
Length
10.8 mi
Elevation gain
142 ft
Difficulty
Hard
Max grade
23%
Steepest mile
+136 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
1.2 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Ground
Bikes
no
Horses
no
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 701 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Perry Lake (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:21 a.m., the sun rises at 6:49 a.m. and sets at 7:54 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:21 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.5-mile round trip takes roughly 8 h 07 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:56 p.m. — 4 h 58 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- White Trail — 17.0 mi
- Blue Trail — 17.0 mi
- Yellow Trail — 20.0 mi
- Indigo Loop — 27.6 mi