Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Crystal Spring–Pine Road, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Crystal Spring–Pine Road, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. The route reaches Crystal Spring at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 343 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 732 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Road 38.61821, -90.68666
Nearest town Centaur, MO

Directions

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Crystal Spring–Pine Road, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 544–732 ft

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

Trailhead: Pine Road · 38.61821, -90.68666

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pine Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miBear left onto White Connector 1, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miReach Crystal Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  8. 500 ftSharp right onto White Connector 1, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miBear right onto Pine Road, heading N.
  11. 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 surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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