White River Corridor Trail
- 0.5 mi
- round trip
- 139 ft
- climb
- 739 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- best months
The White River Corridor Trail is a short, easy hike in Missouri's Table Rock Recreation Area, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. The route is about 0.45 miles long, with a total elevation gain of 31 feet, and it makes a quick out-and-back. The trail's highest point is about 739 feet, and the steepest stretch comes at roughly 0.28 miles in, with a grade of about 4 percent. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Branson show May highs around 75°F and October highs around 70°F, while July and August average highs near 88°F. The White River Bluffs Trail starts just 0.2 miles away, and the White River Valley Trail System is about half a mile off. The Chinquapin Trail is roughly 1.2 miles away, and Old Highway 86, a fishing spot, is about 2.9 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Kings River Outfitters28 mi away
- Float Eureka29 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- White River Bluffs TrailHiking0.2 mi
- White River Valley Trail SystemHiking0.5 mi
- Chinquapin TrailHiking1.2 mi
Old Highway 86River fishing2.9 mi- College of the Ozark routesRock climbing3.4 mi
Indian PointLake fishing3.6 mi- Table Rock LakeLake fishing6.6 mi
Cricket CreekCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain7.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Piney Creek-Tower LoopHiking · ~31 min drivePhoto: My Blue Van, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- White River Bluffs TrailHiking · Next door
- White River Valley Trail SystemHiking · Next door
Hercules Glades-Coy BaldHiking · ~36 min drivePhoto: My Blue Van, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Chinquapin TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Busiek Yellow TrailHiking · ~32 min drive
- Piney Creek - South LoopHiking · ~30 min drive
- Table Rock Lakeshore TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Busiek Purple TrailHiking · ~32 min drive
- Dewey Bald TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
Best time to visit White River Corridor Trail
Best months: March–June and September–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
43° / 27°
Feb
49° / 30°
Mar
58° / 38°
Apr
68° / 47°
May
75° / 56°
Jun
84° / 64°
Jul
88° / 69°
Aug
88° / 67°
Sep
80° / 59°
Oct
70° / 49°
Nov
58° / 38°
Dec
47° / 30°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Branson Ap, MO, 6.8 mi away at 1,286 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.