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Shawnee Park

Cape La Croix Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Cape La Croix Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Shawnee Park near Decatur, MO. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi338 – 374 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cape La Croix Trail 37.31056, -89.55924
Nearest town Decatur, MO
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Cape La Croix Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 339–374 ft

Out & Back · Shawnee Park

Trailhead: Cape La Croix Trail · 37.31056, -89.55924

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cape La Croix Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.6 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/cape-la-croix-trail-out-back-7-km-73ff

Trail surface

2% grass98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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