Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail Loop, 6 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 503 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail Loop, 6 sights is a 6.5-mile loop in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. It climbs 503 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 758 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hawthorn Trail 38.61592, -90.70662
Nearest town Centaur, MO

Directions

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Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail Loop, 6 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 503 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Elevation 474–757 ft

Loop · Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Trailhead: Hawthorn Trail · 38.61592, -90.70662

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hawthorn Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.1 miSharp right onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto White Connector 2, heading N.
  7. 300 ftContinue straight onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail / Paved Bicycle Trail, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  15. 100 ftSharp left onto Woodbine Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left onto White Connector 1, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading NW.
  21. 2.2 miTurn left onto Hawthorn Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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