AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Katy Trail

9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr

Katy Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Matson, MO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 476 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Katy Trail Matson Trailhead 38.60878, -90.79485
Nearest town Matson, MO
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Katy Trail

9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr

Elevation 450–475 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: Katy Trail Matson Trailhead · 38.60878, -90.79485

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Katy Trail, heading NE.
  2. 4 miSharp right onto Hamburg Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.5 miSharp left onto Katy Trail, heading W.
  5. 4 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/katy-trail-out-back-21-km-01ef

Trail surface

98% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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