Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park
Dripping Springs–Creve Coeur Lake, 4 beaches
6.8 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Dripping Springs–Creve Coeur Lake, 4 beaches is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park near Champ, MO. The route passes Creve Coeur Lake, Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach and Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach before reaching Dripping Springs at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dripping Springs–Creve Coeur Lake, 4 beaches
6.8 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 442–514 ft
Out & Back · Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park
Trailhead: 38.72715, -90.44701
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto McKelvey Woods Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miPass Creve Coeur Lake.
- 50 ftPass Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lakeview Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miPass Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Beach.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Dripping Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto McKelvey Woods Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Creve Coeur Lake–Mallard Lake, 6 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 58 ft
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