Cape Girardeau County Park North
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center–Rain Garden 4, 7 lakes
3.1 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center–Rain Garden 4, 7 lakes is a 3.1-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, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 170 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
3.1 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 373–557 ft
Out & Back · Cape Girardeau County Park North
Trailhead: 37.33403, -89.57152
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 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 SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 350 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 2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Cape La Croix Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rain Garden 3–Rain Garden 2, 5 lakes 2.7 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes 3 mi · ▲ 314 ft
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