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Busch Conservation Area, a diverse landscape with easy trails that explore a wide variety of habitats, is an excellent hiking destination for novice hikers and families introducing young children to n
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Wentzville
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MO
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Nestled against suburban St. Louis, Babler State Park is perfect for early morning trail runs before your workday begins and ideal for evening getaway hikes to unwind from a stressful day. Babler Stat
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While exploring Castlewood State Park’s trails you’ll hike through lush, flower-decorated bottomlands, admire panoramic views from bluffs towering above the Meramec River, and wander past the ruins of
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Eureka
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MO
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Hiking
- 13 miles
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The Chubb Trail and its companion paths offer everything a good hike should have—challenging climbs and descents from windy ridges and cool, calm hollows, to easy meanders next to the Meramec River wh
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With its extensive network of short trails, Cliff Cave is an excellent place for quick evening hikes. You’ll wander past sinkholes, a small lake, and admire the Mississippi River from a scenic bluff o
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Arnold
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MO
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Hiking
- 5 miles
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At Columbia Bottom, you can hike to the Confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, just downstream from the site of Lewis and Clark's 1803-4 winter camp. Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, pur
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Spanish Lake
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MO
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Hiking
- 8 miles
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In Cuivre River State Park’s 6,394 acres of rugged, Ozark-like terrain, you can explore 38 miles of trail with loop hikes ranging from 1 to 8 miles in length. Along the way you’ll see clear streams, s
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Engelmann Woods is a wonderful short hike through deep woods comprising one of Missouri’s few remaining old-growth forest landscapes. Engelmann Woods is a beautiful outdoor secret in the St. Louis are
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Saint Albans
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MO
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Hiking
- 2 miles
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In Forest 44 Conservation Area you’ll be mystified by the “losing stream,” a creek that disappears beneath a rock layer, only to emerge as a spring several hundred yards downstream. Falls This beautif
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Valley Park
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MO
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Hiking
- 12 miles
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Graham Cave, a deep overhang beneath a massive rock dome, sheltered prehistoric Americans who once hunted along the Loutre River valley. Visit this haunting cavern, then explore the ancients’ old hunt
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Danville
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MO
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Hiking
- 4 miles
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In its scenic wanderings over the rugged, wooded hills of southwest St. Louis County, the Green Rock Trail introduces you to three of the metro area’s outstanding natural areas—Rockwoods Reservation,
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The metro area is rapidly growing around this pretty green space, but it feels as wild as ever. Hiking is just one way to explore Greensfelder’s forested hills. All trails in the park are open to eque
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Eureka
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MO
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Hiking
- 15 miles
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Explorations of Hilda Young Conservation Area will treat you to brushy meadows, grassy fields, breezy hilltop pine groves, and exquisite cascades and waterfalls along the tributary streams of LaBarque
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Eureka
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MO
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Hiking
- 3 miles
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Howell Island is an easy hike on an isolated 2,500-acre island in the Missouri River. Its varied habitats make it a wonderful place for birding, wildlife watching, and wildflower walks. Howell Island
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Wildwood
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MO
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Hiking
- 7 miles
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Scheduled to open in 2003, Klondike Park will be a scenic jewel in St. Charles County’s rapidly expanding park system. Built on the grounds of an abandoned quarry, this rugged landscape will feature s
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Augusta
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MO
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Hiking
- 2 miles
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The Lewis and Clark Trail is the favorite of many hikers in the greater St. Louis area. Though it’s next to the big city, hiking here feels like being deep in the Ozarks. As you hike the Lewis and Cla
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Little Creek Nature Area features a beautiful network of trails built and maintained by the students and teachers of the Ferguson-Florissant School District. In addition to the usual hills, hollows, a
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Florissant
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MO
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Hiking
- 3 miles
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While exploring Lone Elk Park on the White Bison Trail you’ll probably hike right past the park’s elk and deer herds, and in the neighboring World Bird Sanctuary you’ll see eagles, owls, and myriad ot
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Fenton
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MO
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Hiking
- 3.25 miles
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Wandering through the quiet hideaway of Lost Valley you’ll follow scenic, meandering Little Femme Osage Creek, hike past a crystal-clear spring, admire a manmade pond enlarged by beavers, and startle
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Weldon Spring
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MO
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Hiking
- 8 miles
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Built by the Gateway Off-Road Cyclists, the Matson Hill Trail was opened in June of 2002.This well-designed and graded trail is open for hikers, too, and explores deep forests, shady hollows, rocky st
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Matson
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MO
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Hiking
- 2.75 miles
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Short, easy trails, excellent interpretive displays, and an awesome nature center make Powder Valley the perfect place for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages to explore and learn about the natural world.
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Kirkwood
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MO
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Hiking
- 2.2 miles
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Quail Ridge has paved trails in open grasslands, natural-surface trails on wooded hillsides, and, for those who demand a little more from their hiking experience, an 18-hole disc golf course. Nestled
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Wentzville
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MO
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Hiking
- 6 miles
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Queeny Park, a green oasis in the heart of west St. Louis County’s burgeoning suburbs, offers wonderful hiking, trail running, and cross-country skiing opportunities on a laid-back trail system suitab
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Town and Country
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MO
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Hiking
- 7 miles
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Compared to the popular Rockwoods Reservation next door, Rockwoods Range is a quiet and relatively undiscovered 1,400 acres of near-wilderness in the busy suburbs of St. Louis. Rockwoods Range is a bi
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Allenton
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MO
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Hiking
- 7 miles
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With scenic hikes from 300 yards to 4 miles on surfaces ranging from easy pavement to winding and steep singletrack through the woods, Rockwoods Reservation has a trail for hikers of all skill levels.
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Eureka
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MO
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Hiking
- 9.5 miles
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In Route 66 State Park, you’ll see man and nature working together to bring a once-destroyed landscape back to life. Once an environmental nightmare, this new state park is an example of nature’s abil
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Eureka
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MO
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Hiking
- 7 miles
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Emmenegger’s short trail is a nice evening jaunt after a hard day on the job. You’ll explore a peaceful hollow and view overlooks of the Meramec River. Falls The 1.5-mile trail in Emmenegger Nature Ar
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Kirkwood
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MO
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Hiking
- 1.75 miles
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If you love wildflowers, Shaw Nature Reserve is the place to go. Its landscape blooms from spring to fall, showcasing its blossoms in a wide variety of habitats. A pre-hike walk through the Whitmire W
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Villa Ridge
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MO
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Hiking
- 14 miles
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