Take a hike along a rocky creek, through forested hills, and around a clear lake in a loop walk in Kirkwood Park. This two-mile hike includes paved and unpaved sections, stairs, and a 102-foot elevation…
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Halloween Hike: Weldon Spring Interpretive Center
Face the dare to climb a huge white rock mound containing radioactive waste along Highway 94 at the Weldon Spring Interpretive Center. This site seals radioactive waste and you can climb to the top for…
Jeske Park Sculpture Walk
See a variety of sculptures as you walk on the paved trails throughout Jeske Park in Ferguson, Mo., in St. Louis County. This is a .8-mile walk on a paved trail with only 26 feet…
Fall Hikes: Don Robinson State Park
See a sandstone canyon with its cave-like rock shelter and cross-clear trickling streams at Don Robinson State Park.
Pere Marquette State Park: Goat Cliff and Ravine Hike
Pere Marquette State Park has Illinois River lookouts, rocky cliffs, and springs among technicolor trees in the fall. Along with trails, it has a lodge with an indoor pool, cabins, campgrounds, horse riding, a restaurant,…
Engelmann Farm Park Walk
Walk through grassy fields, among the trees, and by a historic family cemetery at Engelmann Farm Park in O’Fallon, Ill. This park is 143 acres and includes two homesteads circa the 1830s and 1880s. It…
Walking Grant’s Trail in St. Louis County
Walk along wooded Gravois Creek and near Grant’s Farm where you can see Clydesdale horses frolic in a field near the home of former President Ulysses S. Grant on Grant’s Trail. This hike is on…
Love Park Hike
The Chipmunk Trail passes by small creeks as it goes up and down forested hills at Love Park in Manchester, Mo. It is a 1.3-mile out-and-back hike with 184 feet of elevation gain. The trail…
See the Birdhouse Garden at Stacy Park
Stacy Park in Olivette, MO offers a nature walk through prairie grass and woods, featuring a garden of birdhouses. I walked a 1.3-mile loop with 59 feet of elevation gain in the park along the…
Gateway Arch: Riverfront Trail Walk
Views of the Mississippi River, the Gateway Arch, and graffiti art are part of our walk along the Riverfront Trail. This is about a 2.5-mile out-and-back walk along the pavement in St. Louis below the…
