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Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 4 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 4 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park near Harvester, MO. The route passes Mallard Lake, Creve Coeur Lake and Creve Coeur Lake. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi433 – 538 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.74090, -90.52413
Nearest town Harvester, MO
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Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 4 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 433–538 ft

Out & Back · Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Trailhead: 38.74090, -90.52413

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading S.
  3. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Creve Coeur Connector Spur, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading S.
  5. 1.6 miPass Mallard Lake.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading S.
  8. 100 ftPass Creve Coeur Lake.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miPass Creve Coeur Lake.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Meadows Loop Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miReach Creve Coeur Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miBear right onto Meadows Loop Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeview Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail / Meadows Loop Trail, heading S.
  19. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  20. 500 ftTurn right onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading S.
  21. 1.7 miTurn right onto Creve Coeur Connector Spur, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading N.
  23. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 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-out-back

Trail surface

93% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~75 min). Leave by 5:27 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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