Weldon Spring Conservation Area
August A Busch Lake Number 35–Mononame 207 Reservoir, 9 lakes
12.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 4 hr 12 min
August A Busch Lake Number 35–Mononame 207 Reservoir, 9 lakes is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Weldon Spring Heights, MO. The route passes Mononame 207 Reservoir, August A Busch Lake Number 9, August A Busch Lake Number 10 and 2 more. It climbs 270 ft. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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August A Busch Lake Number 35–Mononame 207 Reservoir, 9 lakes
12.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 459–679 ft
Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area
Trailhead: Busch Greenway · 38.70832, -90.68319
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Busch Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Mononame 207 Reservoir.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 9.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 10.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Hamburg Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach August A Busch Lake Number 35, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Busch Greenway, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Hamburg Trail, heading S.
- 2.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Hamburg Quarry.
- 400 ftBear left onto Katy Trail, heading E.
- 2.4 miSharp left onto Missouri Research Park Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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