Northland Trails & Greenways

09/05/2025

08/31/2025

At last Monday's Council meeting we approved engineering and design of the Little Shoal Creek trail that will go from the traffic circle at Liberty Dr & Flintlock to the Homestead/Withersfield trail at what used to me Campbell Rd.

08/31/2022

08/02/2022

A new trailhead parking lot is nearing completion on the south side of NE Barry Rd near the North end of the Shoal Creek paved trail.

12/14/2021

Northland cyclists, NE 76th Street (N Troost to N Euclid) received an upgrade. Bike lanes!

10/28/2021

Come celebrate the newest jewel in the KCMO trail system this Friday 10/29/21 at 2PM. Event details here. This nearly two mile trail activates the Big Shoal Greenway and is a collaborative effort from multiple KCMO departments and connects multiple neighborhoods in Gladstone and KCMO between Choutea...

07/06/2021

Wondering if we are about to see another segment of trail in the Northland near Old Barry and the south end of Maplewoods Parkway? Maybe the Line Creek Loudmouth can shed some light?

08/02/2019

Here's some 411 for those of you that enjoy our Northland singletrack trails, and are curious how it got there and how it gets maintained.

07/24/2019

If you’ve been on the Line Creek Trail, there’s a good chance you’ve felt secretly jealous of how easy the skateboarders make it look.

In the past, we’ve even seen a few people stop to clean up our trails, easily maneuvering with trash bags in both hands — while on a skateboard! That’s some serious skill right there.

Today, we talked to these guys, and they were aware of our effort, and one even promoted our cause last Earth Day.

Everyone on our trail has a story, a reason why our forest is important to them. We’ll be spending the next few months sharing some of these stories.

07/21/2019

Interesting someone sent this to me, I wasn’t even invited to the ribbon cutting...

04/25/2019

Really looking forward to this project being complete!

If you haven't been to Chuck E. CheeseTM or north of 152 on I-29 lately, it's changing. The new Old Tiffany Springs Road Bridge over I-29 is going gangbusters. If you don't know what I'm talking about, the old narrow two lane farm bridge that used to serve the lost...