Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop–Big Sugar Creek Trail, 3 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop–Big Sugar Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Cuivre River State Park near Brussells, MO. It climbs 305 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop–Big Sugar Creek Trail, 3 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 514–692 ft
Out & Back · Cuivre River State Park
Trailhead: Big Sugar Creek · 39.04505, -90.92703
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Big Sugar Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto White Connector 5, heading W.
- 1 miReach Big Sugar Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Sugar Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading NE.
- 150 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:45 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:06 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:32 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Big Sugar Creek Trailhead
- Shady Eighty Ranch Lake–Big Sugar Creek Trail, 3 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 490 ft
- Stone Shelter Pond–Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, 7 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Cuivre River Trail - South Loop and Blackhawk Point Mountain Bike Sunset Point–Big Sugar Creek Trail and Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, 6 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 414 ft
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