New Trail in City Park - New Haven, MO - Hiking and walking trailheads on Waymarking.com

County of trail: Franklin County
Location of trail head: Lions Dr. & Park Dr., next to basketball court, New Haven
Built: 2015

News release about the trail:
"The New Haven Park Board has for months been discussing ways to improve its park system, hoping to make facilities more attractive and ADA accessible.

"One of the biggest projects in the works is a walking trail that will meander through the park, starting near the swimming pool and heading west to Bock Field.

'“We’ve been wanting to do something like this for some time,” said Jason Addison, park board president. “The feeling we got from many of our citizens, or the ones who walk, was that they wanted something like this.”

"New Haven was approved for a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in the amount of $52,356 for its Phase I plan which included a pedestrian trail. Addison said a lot of the work will be done by city employees, and any in-kind work will be reimbursed to them by the state.

"The trail will consist of a hard-packed, fine gravel surface similar to what is on the Katy Trail. The trail is going to circle the big, grassy field where the city’s balloon races are held and will cut across Park Drive and head into Bail Park.

"Then it’s going to go around Bail Park down the creek and follow the creek around to Bock Field. One box culvert will be put in over the creek.

"Addison said they would have preferred to put down a hard surface on the trail, but it was not approved for a Phase II grant from the DNR.

"The city also will build another suspended truss bridge over the creek by Lions Field, similar to the one that already crosses the creek to the north. The new bridge will be wider and sturdier than the older one, and will be a longer span." ~ The Missourian, By Don Kruse, March 2015