AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Abandoned Road & Lost Valley Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Abandoned Road & Lost Valley Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Hamburg, MO. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi463 – 709 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.66059, -90.75731
Nearest town Hamburg, MO
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Abandoned Road & Lost Valley Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 462–710 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: 38.66059, -90.75731

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miBear left onto Abandoned Road, heading N.
  4. 1.5 miReach Lost Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.5 miBear right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftArrive 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-lost-valley-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

77% gravel20% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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