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Weldon Spring Conservation Area

August A Busch Lake Number 10–August A Busch Lake Number 9, 6 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 3 hr 46 min

August A Busch Lake Number 10–August A Busch Lake Number 9, 6 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Toonerville, MO. The route passes August A Busch Lake Number 9 and August A Busch Lake Number 10. It climbs 388 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi489 – 669 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.70640, -90.71327
Nearest town Toonerville, MO
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August A Busch Lake Number 10–August A Busch Lake Number 9, 6 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 489–670 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: 38.70640, -90.71327

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 9.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Busch Greenway, heading S.
  5. 50 ftPass August A Busch Lake Number 10.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Hamburg Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.5 miBear right onto Lost Valley Trail Connector, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lost Valley Trail, heading NW.
  10. 2 miTurn right onto Abandoned Road, heading W.
  11. 200 ftSharp left onto Beaver Time, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miReach August A Busch Lake Number 10, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.8 miSharp right onto Abandoned Road, heading E.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Lost Valley Trail, heading NE.
  15. 2 miSharp right onto Lost Valley Trail Connector, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear left onto Hamburg Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftTurn left onto Busch Greenway, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 350 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/august-a-busch-lake-number-10-august-a-busch-lake-number-9-out-back-7-sights-17-km

Trail surface

50% dirt41% gravel7% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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