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Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Katy Trail

13.6 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Katy Trail is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Hamburg, MO. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 518 ft13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.66433, -90.75941
Nearest town Hamburg, MO
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Katy Trail

13.6 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Elevation 450–517 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: 38.66433, -90.75941

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading S.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hamburg Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Katy Trail, heading S.
  6. 6.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 6.2 miTurn left onto Hamburg Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading NW.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 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/katy-trail-out-back-21-km-9bf0

Trail surface

92% gravel4% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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