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at Harry S Truman State Park

Bluff Ridge Trail

  • Hiking

Length: 2 Miles View map

This trail offers you an opportunity to experience the park’s oak-hickory forest. The north-facing slopes along the trail represent what most people think of a typical Missouri forest. Richer, moister soil found on the north-facing slopes near the trailhead supports large red oak trees. A highlight along the trail is a bluff outcropping overlooking a portion of the 55,600-acre Truman Lake. You may glimpse such wildlife as bobcats, deer, wild turkey or possibly bald eagles in flight. The trail has a connector spur to the Buck Ridge Campground, which is approximately 260 feet long. 

Length Estimated Hiking Time Type Blazes Trailhead
2 Miles 1 hour, 30 minutes Loop Blue

At the intersection of Buck Ridge and Wild Turkey Ridge camping areas

Western Wallflower Trail

  • Hiking

Length: .80 Mile View map

You will experience oak savannah and glades as you traverse this trail. The trail is maintained by park staff, including the use of prescribed burns to preserve the habitat in its pre-settlement conditions. It is one of the best places in the park to view widely spaced oaks that still shade a mantle of prairie grasses and wildflowers. The namesake of the trail, western wallflower, can be seen in its brilliant orange glory in the glades in the park. The flower, a member of the mustard family, and other species, such as stick leaf, Missouri spurge, and plains muhly grass, do not exist in other Missouri state parks and are uncommon in the state.

Length Estimated Hiking Time Type Blazes Trailhead
.80 Mile 35 minutes Loop Green

Near the entrance to the campground