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Thousand Hills Trail

A 12.2-mile out-and-back in Missouri, with 202 ft of climbing. Reaches Forest Lake. Managed by the state.

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Length
12.2 mi
Elevation gain
202 ft
Difficulty
Hard
Max grade
17%
Steepest mile
+139 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.6 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Bikes
yes
Horses
no
Managed by
State

Elevation profile

749 – 937 ft1357911131517

The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 621 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of Thousand Hills Trail

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Heads up

Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.

Getting there

Thousand Hills Trail - TH2 — parking nearby. 40.17050, -92.61781 · 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 6:36 a.m. and sets at 7:44 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:11 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 07 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 24.5-mile round trip takes roughly 9 h 16 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 3:52 p.m. — 3 h 51 min before sunset.

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