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Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Katy Trail

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Katy Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Hamburg, MO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 482 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lost Valley Trail 38.66245, -90.75737
Nearest town Hamburg, MO
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Katy Trail

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 450–484 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: Lost Valley Trail · 38.66245, -90.75737

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lost Valley Trail, heading S.
  2. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hamburg Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Katy Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.5 miTurn right onto Darst Bottom Road, heading NW.
  6. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Katy Trail, heading SE.
  8. 1.5 miTurn left onto Hamburg Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading NW.
  11. 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/katy-trail-out-back-6-km-141d

Trail surface

84% gravel4% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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