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Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 4 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 4 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park near Vigus, MO. The route passes Creve Coeur Lake, Creve Coeur Lake and Mallard Lake. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 486 ft8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.72677, -90.48936
Nearest town Vigus, MO
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Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 4 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 442–485 ft

Out & Back · Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Trailhead: 38.72677, -90.48936

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Creve Coeur Lake.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miPass Creve Coeur Lake.
  6. 250 ftBear right onto Meadows Loop Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading W.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftPass Mallard Lake.
  11. 450 ftTurn right onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading W.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Audubon Trace Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left onto Beaver Bayou Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.5 miReach Creve Coeur Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Audubon Trace Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading NE.
  18. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.7 miTurn right onto Meadows Loop Trail, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/creve-coeur-lake-mallard-lake-out-back-4-lakes-9-km

Trail surface

63% paved30% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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