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Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Abandoned Road–Hamburg Trail, 3 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Abandoned Road–Hamburg Trail, 3 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Defiance, MO. It climbs 335 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 725 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: KT Defiance 38.63007, -90.77943
Nearest town Defiance, MO
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Abandoned Road–Hamburg Trail, 3 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Elevation 450–725 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: KT Defiance · 38.63007, -90.77943

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Katy Trail, heading NE.
  2. 2.3 miTurn left onto Hamburg Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Abandoned Road, heading N.
  7. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Valley Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Lost Valley Trail Connector, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Hamburg Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miReach Lost Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 2.7 miTurn right onto Katy Trail, heading S.
  12. 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/abandoned-road-hamburg-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

67% gravel31% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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