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Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park

Equestrian Trail–Paved Bicycle Trail, 4 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Equestrian Trail–Paved Bicycle Trail, 4 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park near Centaur, MO. It climbs 525 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 758 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.8 mi

Getting there

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

6.3 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 589–757 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. 2 miBear right onto Pine Road, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miReach Equestrian Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Equestrian Trail, heading NE.
  13. 2 miContinue straight onto Woodbine Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading NW.
  15. 450 ftBear left onto Equestrian Trail / Paved Bicycle Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Paved Bicycle Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail Access Spur 1, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miBear right onto White Connector 2, heading SE.
  20. 300 ftContinue straight onto Virginia Day Memorial Nature Trail, heading E.
  21. 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/equestrian-trail-paved-bicycle-trail-out-back-4-sights-10-km-cafa

Trail surface

89% dirt1% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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