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Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Babler Spring–Dogwood Trail, 4 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Babler Spring–Dogwood Trail, 4 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. The route reaches Babler Spring at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 401 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi502 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Road 38.61821, -90.68666
Nearest town Centaur, MO
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Babler Spring–Dogwood Trail, 4 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 501–732 ft

Out & Back · Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Trailhead: Pine Road · 38.61821, -90.68666

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pine Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miBear left onto White Connector 1, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miReach Babler Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto White Connector 1, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
  8. 1.1 miBear right onto Pine Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 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/babler-spring-dogwood-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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