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1000 Steps Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Washington State Park/Missouri

1000 Steps Trail

De Soto, Missouri

1.5 mi

Distance

446 ft

Elev. Gain

37m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for 1000 Steps Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri State Parks manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:180 ft
Max:261 ft
Gain:136 ft
Loss:137 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 180 ft and 261 ft across 1.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.180 ft207 ft234 ft261 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.8 mi1.1 mi1.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi181 ft
High point0.4 mi261 ft
End1.5 mi180 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri State Parks

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Summer Set, MO · about 5 mi away
County:
Washington County, MO
Jurisdiction:
Washington State Park · Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri State Parks

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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