Indian Mound Trail Rehabilitation Environmental/Trail Assessment December 15, 2012 Indian Mound Trail 8 mile hiking trail

for youth groups Begins: White Avenue, Wooded Portion Ends: Elmwood Avenue Information, write: Historic Trails Committee PO Box 165__2 Raytown, MO 64133 1. TRAIL HEAD EAST a. White Avenue entrance i. Trash Dumping ii. Needs to be re-routed to Indian Mound area Steep slope down to lower ridge b. North of Oakley i. Trail levels off at lower ridge line ii. Trash Dumping! iii. Wetland Restoration 1. Union Pacific/Railroad as partner? 2. City property? 3. Habitat restoration & Pollution mitigation c. Drury i. North of Drury on existing trail 1. Mossy Spring Crossing 2. Waterfall Massive Erosion 3. Drainage channel feeds directly into wetland ii. Super erosion and dumping at end of street in park. d. Hardesty i. Between Hardesty and Denver Entrance behind stonewall Red shirt ii. North of Hardesty on existing trail 1. South of Lake 2. Ridge line Splits 3. Trail stays along upper ridge e. North of Denver on existing trail i. Blue shirt ii. Trail along ridge line iii. Pretty decent shape, maybe needs some out-slope work f. Chelsea i. Trash between Chelsea and Brighton ii. North of Chelsea on existing trail 1. Directly south of old grain elevators 2. Wooden Bridge 3. Very bad drainage crossing 4. ~20 yards after Very bad switch back up to next ridge line g. North of Lawn on existing trail i. Homeless camp right north of trail ii. Wooden stairs up to clearing between Lawn and Elmwood 2. TRAIL HEAD WEST a. West of Cliff Drive gate by ~50 yards b. Entrance just before brown Biker/Hiker; Share the Road signage c. Hacked out honeysuckle corridor d. North Old 8 miles worth of trail to west? Wooden post as old signage/trail divider?

The photos below are the east trail head near White Avenue:

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These show the wetland and lake directly below the park:

Dumping at Oakley Avenue:

Silt build up on trail from erosion:

Encampments:

Drainage issues:

Trail goes through heresomewhere:

Another problematic drainage crossing:

And another:

Fall line trail in many areas:

LOTS of trees down:

Trash:

Trail west entrance/exit:

Although this actual trail may not be worth rehabbing, the land around there is definitely pretty