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Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Crystal Spring–Dogwood Trail, 6 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 652 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Crystal Spring–Dogwood Trail, 6 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. The route reaches Crystal Spring. It climbs 652 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 758 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Road 38.61821, -90.68666
Nearest town Centaur, MO
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Crystal Spring–Dogwood Trail, 6 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 652 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 474–756 ft

Out & Back · Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Trailhead: Pine Road · 38.61821, -90.68666

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pine Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pine Road, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.1 miBear left onto White Connector 1, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading S.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miPass Crystal Spring.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail / Paved Bicycle Trail, heading E.
  13. 100 ftTurn right onto Equestrian Trail, heading E.
  14. 3.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Dogwood Trail, heading SE.
  16. 400 ftTurn right onto Dogwood Trail / White Connector 1, heading S.
  17. 300 ftTurn right onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Dogwood Trail, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.4 miBear left onto Pine Road, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Pine Road, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 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/crystal-spring-dogwood-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

85% dirt10% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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