Grant's Trail: Whitecliff Park

Crestwood, Missouri

Crestwood Parks web site

A municipal park of Crestwood, Whitecliff Park offers wooded trails and an old quarry pond (for looking, not for swimming). Crestwood's recreation center is here too, including a residents-only pool and several ball fields.

The park entrance is about 0.2 mile from Grant's Trail (see below for specific directions). To get to the wooded trails and pond, turn right into the first parking lot and cross the bridge at the far end of the lot. To get to Crestwood's recreational facilities, do not turn into the first lot - rather, follow the road up the hill.

You'll find a portable restroom, a water fountain, and picnic tables in the park area on the right, just after entering the park.

Trail mile: 5.9

Parking: The parking lot immediately inside the park entrance is reserved for pavilion users with permits only. Any car parked at the lower pavilion lot without a permit will be subject to towing. However, parking is allowed on the upper lots - follow the drive around the curve and up the hill, to where the athletic fields and recreation center are located (about 0.2 mile).

- Whitecliff Park

- Grant's Trail

MILEAGE

Note: all mileage is measured from where the trail crosses Pardee Road. This does not account for the extra 0.1 mile from the trail to Whitecliff Park.

To the East / South
Grant's Farm / Grant Historic Site	1.13
Gravois Road	1.56
Tesshire Drive Parking Lot	2.49
Soccer Field Parking Lot	2.66
Green Park / Union Road Parking Lot	3.96
Reavis Barracks Restrooms	5.27
Orlando's / Lodge	6.38
To the West / North
Watson Road / Applebee's	0.49
Sappington House / cemetery	1.35
Big Bend Blvd / playground	1.8
Highway 44	2.07

Click here for a mileage grid of the entire trail

DIRECTIONS

From the Trail:

Pardee Road is at the northern edge of the horse pastures. Go west on Pardee Road (left if coming from grant's Farm area; right if coming from Watson Road) approximately 1/4 mile; park entrance is on the right.

From 270:

From Hwy 270, take exit 3 (Gravois) and go east on Gravois 3.25 miles. Turn left at Grant Road, which is at the southeast corner of Grant's Farm. Continue straight on Grant Road past the Grant's Farm traffic light and then through a stop sign. The road will curve hard to the right; just after this curve is the entrance to Whitecliff Park on the left.

From 44:

Take the Elm Ave exit (exit 280). Go south on Elm. Continue straight across Watson Road. Take the first right turn after Watson, which is Pardee Road. You'll pass straight through one stop sign, and then you'll cross Grant's Trail. 0.2 mile after the trail, the entrance to Whitecliff Park is on the right.