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General Watkins Conservation Area

Lookout Mountain Lake via Lookout Mountain Resort Dam

3.8 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Lookout Mountain Lake via Lookout Mountain Resort Dam is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in General Watkins Conservation Area near Bleda, MO. The route reaches Lookout Mountain Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 311 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi371 – 591 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.06425, -89.63514
Nearest town Bleda, MO
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Lookout Mountain Lake via Lookout Mountain Resort Dam

3.8 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 370–591 ft

Out & Back · General Watkins Conservation Area

Trailhead: 37.06425, -89.63514

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left onto Lookout Mountain Resort Dam, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miReach Lookout Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.5 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/lookout-mountain-lake-lookout-mountain-lake-out-back-6-km-8df3

Trail surface

93% dirt7% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Bleda, Missouri