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Weldon Spring Conservation Area

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

11.9 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 4 hr 11 min

August A Busch Lake Number 10–August A Busch Lake Number 9, 6 sights is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Weldon Spring, MO. The route passes August A Busch Lake Number 9 and August A Busch Lake Number 10. It climbs 418 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi463 – 669 ft12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Grosbeak Trail-Birding 38.70546, -90.70514
Nearest town Weldon Spring, MO
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August A Busch Lake Number 10–August A Busch Lake Number 9, 6 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 4 hr 11 min

Elevation 462–670 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: Blue Grosbeak Trail-Birding · 38.70546, -90.70514

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Busch Greenway, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftPass August A Busch Lake Number 9.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.8 miPass August A Busch Lake Number 10.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Busch Greenway, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Hamburg Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.5 miBear right onto Lost Valley Trail Connector, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lost Valley Trail, heading NW.
  12. 2.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miReach August A Busch Lake Number 10, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 2.6 miSharp right onto Lost Valley Trail Connector, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Hamburg Trail, heading N.
  16. 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  17. 100 ftTurn left onto Busch Greenway, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Hamburg Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.9 miTurn left onto Busch Greenway, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miArrive 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-35-out-back

Trail surface

45% dirt39% gravel13% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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