Big Sugar Creek Trail via Lone Spring Trail
4 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Big Sugar Creek Trail via Lone Spring Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Cuivre River State Park near Okete, MO. It climbs 395 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Big Sugar Creek Trail via Lone Spring Trail
4 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 585–700 ft
Out & Back · Cuivre River State Park
Trailhead: White Connector 1 · 39.06587, -90.93291
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White Connector 1, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Lone Spring Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto White Connector 6, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Sugar Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cuivre River Trail - North Loop, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Big Sugar Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Big Sugar Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto White Connector 6, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lone Spring Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Connector 1, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:46 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 White Connector 1 Trailhead
- Shady Eighty Ranch Lake & Lake Trail via Lone Spring Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Lane Spring & Lone Spring Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Big Sugar Creek Trail & Cuivre River Trail - North Loop Loop via Lone Spring Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 739 ft
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