AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Katy Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Katy Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Hamburg, MO. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 482 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.66059, -90.75731
Nearest town Hamburg, MO
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Katy Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 450–484 ft

Out & Back · Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Trailhead: 38.66059, -90.75731

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Hamburg Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Katy Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.5 miTurn right onto Darst Bottom Road, heading NW.
  5. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 400 ftTurn left onto Katy Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left onto Hamburg Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 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-6-km-78cf

Trail surface

89% gravel11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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