AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Weldon Spring Conservation Area

Katy Trail

6 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Katy Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Hamburg, MO. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 518 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

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

6 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 2 hr 2 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. 2.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 2.3 miTurn left onto Hamburg Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lost Valley Trail, heading W.
  10. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 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-9-km-2b09

Trail surface

84% gravel10% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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