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Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 410 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. It climbs 410 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 mi518 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Road 38.61821, -90.68666
Nearest town Centaur, MO
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Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 410 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 517–732 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. 1.3 miTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miReach Pine Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Dogwood Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Equestrian Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.4 miBear left onto Pine Road, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Pine Road, heading S.
  13. 0.3 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/dogwood-trail-equestrian-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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