The City of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, located just southeast of Kansas City, offers a wide variety of amenities for residents and opportunities for developers. Visitors come to Pleasant Hill for the charm of our Historic Downtown District and to ride the MoPAC Trail and the State of Missouri's Rock Island Trail an extension of the renowned KATY Trail. Outdoor recreation offers a variety of activities including bicycling, fishing, boating, swimming, tennis, and team sports. The City Lake is a popular destination for camping and disc golf. National livability ratings consistently rank Pleasant Hill as one of the safest communities in the state, as well as one of the top places in Missouri to raise a family. Pleasant Hill has maintained the appeal of a close-knit small town while affording many of the opportunities for employment and entertainment of a larger metropolitan area.