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Brashear Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 241 Google reviews · Running trail in Kirksville, Missouri · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Brashear Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Clean picnic park boasting a playground, basketball courts and clean bathrooms.
What runners say about Brashear Park
“It’s mainly very quite place and the park is kept real clean.”
“The butterfly gardens the Master Gardeners maintain are beautiful.”
“I come here on my lunch breaks often because the trees provide some shade to sit and eat.”
Very nice little park. Not many people there even on Labor Day, which was surprising. But they have a nice pavilion with picnic tables and a grill. Plus lots to do for the kids. Only wish it was fenced in on the other side so kids can't run towards the road
Has a playground, a covered picnic area, bathrooms, a wading pool and pretty flower patches at each end of the walking path that runs beside it all. It is one of our favorite parks, it has it all!
Great please to go. I come here on my lunch breaks often because the trees provide some shade to sit and eat. It’s mainly very quite place and the park is kept real clean.
Trail conditions & character
“Has a playground, a covered picnic area, bathrooms, a wading pool and pretty flower patches at each end of the walking path that runs beside it all.”
“I come here on my lunch breaks often because the trees provide some shade to sit and eat.”
“There's a pavilion for events and grilling, bathrooms, water fountains, two play structures and two swing sets and a merry go round.”
Plan your run at Brashear Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
- At the trailheadrestrooms, water — reported by runners
Hours
| Monday | 5 am–11 pm |
| Tuesday | 5 am–11 pm |
| Wednesday | 5 am–11 pm |
| Thursday | 5 am–11 pm |
| Friday | 5 am–11 pm |
| Saturday | 5 am–11 pm |
| Sunday | 5 am–11 pm |
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