Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park
Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach & McKelvey Woods Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach & McKelvey Woods Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park near Vigus, MO. The route reaches Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 149 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach & McKelvey Woods Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 443–514 ft
Out & Back · Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park
Trailhead: 38.72517, -90.48024
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto McKelvey Woods Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dripping Springs–Creve Coeur Lake, 7 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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