2.6 miles
Distance
445 ft
Climb
-401 ft
Descent
00:30:49
Avg time

Purple Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area
    Highlandville, Missouri
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #62565 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #65333 in Trail Running
    • #27070 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 100 in Trail Running
    • 90 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Missouri Department of Conservation

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Purple Trail is a 3 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Highlandville Missouri. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 445 ft black diamond climb. On average it takes 30 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Purple Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    45 ft
  • Altitude min
    951 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,272 ft
  • Altitude start
    951 ft
  • Altitude end
    996 ft
  • Grade
    0.331%
  • Grade max
    -26.657%
  • Grade min
    28.548%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,446 ft
  • Avg time
    00:30:49
  • Avg reverse time
    00:29:42
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on Aug 30, 2020
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Avg: 3.99 (2 votes)
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      Purple Trail Trail Reports

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      Aug 30, 2020 @ 12:21pm
      Aug 30, 2020
      Oct 14, 2018 @ 12:00pm
      Oct 14, 2018
      		 Wet but totally rideable today. Rocks were slippery in a few places.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 1 rides
      • 19 miles avg distance
      All
      • 16 rides
      • Last: Mar 30, 2025

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