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Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. It climbs 538 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi541 – 758 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail 38.61724, -90.68945
Nearest town Centaur, MO
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Dogwood Trail–Equestrian Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 541–757 ft

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

Trailhead: Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail · 38.61724, -90.68945

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Connector 2, heading S.
  3. 300 ftBear left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail / Paved Bicycle Trail, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading W.
  8. 400 ftContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  10. 150 ftSharp left onto Woodbine Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto White Connector 1, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading N.
  15. 500 ftReach Equestrian Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 500 ftBear left onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto White Connector 1, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Dogwood Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.5 miSharp right onto Equestrian Trail, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading SE.
  23. 400 ftBear left onto Equestrian Trail / Paved Bicycle Trail, heading SE.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miBear right onto White Connector 2, heading NE.
  28. 300 ftContinue straight onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.1 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-4-sights

Trail surface

98% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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