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.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 679 ft12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Busch Greenway 38.70832, -90.68319
Nearest town Weldon Spring Heights, MO

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Busch Greenway, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miPass Mononame 207 Reservoir.
  4. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 9.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 200 ftContinue straight onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.8 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 10.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hamburg Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miReach August A Busch Lake Number 35, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right onto Busch Greenway, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 100 ftBear right onto Hamburg Trail, heading S.
  16. 2.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miPass Hamburg Quarry.
  19. 400 ftBear left onto Katy Trail, heading E.
  20. 2.4 miSharp left onto Missouri Research Park Trail, heading E.
  21. 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

36% dirt33% paved21% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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