Missouri trails · Blue Ridge Horse Trail
Blue Ridge Horse Trail
A 9.8-mile out-and-back in Missouri, with 319 ft of climbing. Reaches Paty Pond and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 47% of the ascent falls between mile 6.6 and mile 9.8. It gives back about 432 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Paty Pond (lake)
- Paty Spring (spring)
Getting there
BLUE RIDGE TRAILHEAD — parking nearby. 36.86544, -91.37487 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:08 a.m., the sun rises at 6:35 a.m. and sets at 7:35 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:02 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 00 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 19.7-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 37 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:12 p.m. — 5 h 23 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Ozark Trail - 11-Pt River — 8.2 mi
- 11-Point River Trail — 10.1 mi
- Whites Creek Trail — 13.2 mi
- Ozark Trail Between The Rivers — 18.2 mi