Cape Girardeau County Park North
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center–Rain Garden 4, 7 lakes
3.4 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center–Rain Garden 4, 7 lakes is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Cape Girardeau County Park North near Cape Girardeau, MO. The route passes Rain Garden, Rain Garden 2, Rain Garden 3 and Rain Garden 4 before reaching Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 176 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center–Rain Garden 4, 7 lakes
3.4 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 372–557 ft
Out & Back · Cape Girardeau County Park North
Trailhead: 37.32929, -89.57088
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridgetop Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Rain Garden.
- 50 ftPass Rain Garden 2.
- 50 ftPass Rain Garden 3.
- 0.1 miPass Rain Garden 4.
- 250 ftReach Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 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
- Cape La Croix Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Cape La Croix Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Cape La Croix Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Cape La Croix Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes 5.2 mi · ▲ 581 ft
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