Your quick-start hub for the Joplin area — the trails, sights, and historic spots worth checking out.
Trails
- Tin Cup Trail — about 1.3 miles one way.
- MOmentum Bike Park trails — 10 mile network.
- Wildcat Park Trail System — 3.8 mile loop.
- Frisco Greenway Trail — Joplin to Webb City.
- Ruby Jack Trail — Carthage, Oronogo, and Carl Junction.
- Thom’s Station Trail — 1.4 miles one way.
Sights
- Grand Falls — Missouri’s largest continuously flowing waterfall; park and view the falls.
- Inspiration Point — overlook above Shoal Creek, a sunrise spot.
- Shoal Creek Overlook — two picnic tables on the bluff, called the best view in Joplin.
- Mother Nature’s Crack — a fissure in a tall bluff on the Bluff Trail in Wildcat Park.
- Tin Cup Suspension Bridge — near the Joplin Family YMCA.
- Praying Hands Memorial — Webb City, 32 foot hands on a hill in King Jack Park.
- Route 66 3D street art — 3D street art spots along Route 66 in Joplin.
- Route 66 Mural Park — 629 S Main St, downtown Joplin.
- D.O. Witmer Low Water Bridge — historic pedestrian only bridge over Shoal Creek.
- Redings Mill Bridge — historic bridge over Shoal Creek, foot traffic only.
- Rainbow Bridge — Baxter Springs KS, 1923 Marsh arch bridge, the only one left on Route 66.
- Precious Moments Chapel — Carthage.
