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Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 6 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 6 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park near Champ, MO. The route passes Creve Coeur Lake, Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach, Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach and Mallard Lake. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 515 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.72715, -90.44701
Nearest town Champ, MO
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Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 6 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 442–514 ft

Out & Back · Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Trailhead: 38.72715, -90.44701

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto McKelvey Woods Trail, heading NW.
  3. 2.4 miPass Creve Coeur Lake.
  4. 50 ftPass Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lakeview Loop Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miPass Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear right onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Mallard Lake Loop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miPass Mallard Lake.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading W.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miReach Creve Coeur Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Mallard Lake Loop Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Lakeview Loop Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.6 miTurn right onto McKelvey Woods Trail, heading N.
  24. 2.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftArrive 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-9-beaches-via-mckelvey-woods-trail

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:13 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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