Missouri trails · Paved Bicycle Trail
Paved Bicycle Trail
A 14.4-mile network in Missouri, with 261 ft of climbing. Reaches Slime Pond. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 44% of the ascent falls between mile 4.8 and mile 9.6. It gives back about 806 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Slime Pond (lake)
Getting there
Orv Trail System junction. About 47 min drive (9 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Farmington. 37.82767, -90.52184 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:42 a.m., the sun rises at 7:09 a.m. and sets at 6:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:52 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 17 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.4-mile route takes roughly 5 h 27 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:36 p.m. — 5 h 50 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Orv Trail System — 0.6 mi
- Pike Run Trail — 9.0 mi
- Whispering Pine Trail — 15.9 mi
- John J Audubon Trail — 20.3 mi