Missouri trails · Bittersweet Trail
Bittersweet Trail
A 9.5-mile out-and-back in Missouri, with 173 ft of climbing. Reaches Good Oak Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 841 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Good Oak Lake (lake)
- Treeline Lake (lake)
Getting there
Bittersweet Trail. About 58 min drive (46 mi) from Jefferson City. 38.19184, -92.71918 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:51 a.m., the sun rises at 7:18 a.m. and sets at 6:34 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:01 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 16 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 19.0-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 13 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:31 p.m. — 4 h 04 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Bittersweet Trail Connector + Bittersweet Trail — 4.6 mi loop, 736 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Blue Trail — 26.6 mi
- Moreau Creek Trail — 27.2 mi