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Hilly Historic Northeast Urban Hike

Duration: 3 hours
Destination: United States, Missouri, Kansas City
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  • 3 hours
  • Kansas City
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This urban hike mixes a bit of all aspects of urban hikes. While your guide is sharing about the history of the area, you will see murals and experience historic neighborhoods. We also hike through forested trails in the hilly Kessler Park, walk along the hidden Cliff Drive Byway, Kansas City Museum and we see beautiful historic homes and an abandoned reservoir. Test your playful side and go down a huge adult-size slide! This urban hike is hilly & has 1 set of approximately 160 steps, so your heart rate will increase! Level- moderate

Itinerary
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Stop At: PH Coffee, 2200 Lexington Ave, Kansas City, MO 64124, USA

We start out our experience at P.H. Coffee, a local coffee shop and community space in a historic building.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Kessler Park, Chestnut Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64123, USA

After walking through the Pendleton Heights neighborhood, we walk on a hilly trail through the woods of Kessler Park. We come out at the historic Cliff Drive and North Terrace Park Lake.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: North Terrace Park Lake, 2700 Cliff Dr, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA

We share about the history of this tranquil lake, see native plants and walk over a century old bridge along Cliff Drive.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Cliff Drive State Scenic Byway, Cliff Dr Kessler Park, Kansas City, MO 64123

We walk on this off the beaten path pedestrian only byway, surrounded by limestone rockface and trees.

After enjoy the solitude of Cliff Drive, we walk up 160 steps to get to hilly field which takes us to the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood. We see historic mansions, some that even look like castles.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64123-1199

We make our way to the Kansas City Museum housed in the historic R. A. Long Corinthian style mansion and get a taste of their exhibits highlighting untold stories of Kansas City.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Concourse Park, 200 Benton Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64123, USA

We walk through the Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood and reach the Concourse Park and explore The Colonnade. A limestone colonnade area built in 1908. While at the park we also slide down a giant slide for people of all ages!

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kessler Park Reservoir, Cliff Drive Disc Golf Course at Kessler Park, 2460 E Reservoir Dr, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA

We walk through the Scarritt Renaissance and Pendleton Heights neighborhood towards our starting place and make one last stop at an urban decayed gem: The Kessler Reservoir filled graffiti and plants growing wildly around it.

Duration: 30 minutes

Inclusions
  • Guided urban hike around multiple neighborhood on trails, through parks and city streets.

Exclusions
  • Coffee and/or Tea - At the Kansas City Museum, there is an old fashioned soda fountain. The cost of purchasing something there would be $5-$10.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

PH Coffee, 2200 Lexington Ave, Kansas City, MO 64124, USA


Departure Time

09:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

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Duration

3 hours


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