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
- Start on Hawthorn Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto White Connector 2, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail / Paved Bicycle Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Woodbine Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto White Connector 1, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading NW.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Hawthorn Trail, heading S.
- 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
More from Hawthorn Trail Trailhead
- Equestrian Trail–Hawthorn Trail, 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Babler Spring–Dogwood Trail Loop, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Crystal Spring–Dogwood Trail Loop, 6 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 441 ft
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