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Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Katy Trail

8.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Katy Trail is an 8.7-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 – 482 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

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

8.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 450–484 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 miTurn left onto Hamburg Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Katy Trail, heading S.
  6. 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-22-km-1346

Trail surface

94% gravel6% 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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