Weldon Spring Conservation Area
August A Busch Lake Number 35–Mononame 207 Reservoir, 6 lakes
7.8 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 2 hr 43 min
August A Busch Lake Number 35–Mononame 207 Reservoir, 6 lakes is a 7.8-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 and August A Busch Lake Number 10 before reaching August A Busch Lake Number 35 at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 219 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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August A Busch Lake Number 35–Mononame 207 Reservoir, 6 lakes
7.8 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 558–657 ft
Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area
Trailhead: 38.70196, -90.68104
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Busch Greenway, heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Mononame 207 Reservoir.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 9.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 10.
- 450 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 miContinue straight onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Busch Greenway, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Hamburg Quarry–Busch Greenway, 3 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 563 ft
- Busch Greenway & Missouri Research Park Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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