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Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Dogwood Trail & Equestrian Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Dogwood Trail & Equestrian Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. It climbs 442 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 mi591 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dogwood Trail 38.63163, -90.69437
Nearest town Centaur, MO
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Dogwood Trail & Equestrian Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 591–732 ft

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

Trailhead: Dogwood Trail · 38.63163, -90.69437

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dogwood Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dogwood Trail / White Connector 1, heading S.
  3. 300 ftTurn right onto Equestrian Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Dogwood Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.7 miReach Dogwood Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.7 miTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Dogwood Trail / White Connector 1, heading N.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftArrive 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/dogwood-trail-equestrian-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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