AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Mallard Lake & Mallard Lake Loop Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Mallard Lake & Mallard Lake Loop Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park near Benbush, MO. The route reaches Mallard Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 486 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.69280, -90.49309
Nearest town Benbush, MO
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Mallard Lake & Mallard Lake Loop Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 443–485 ft

Out & Back · Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park

Trailhead: 38.69280, -90.49309

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 300 ftContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftPass Mallard Lake.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right onto Audubon Trace Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miReach Mallard Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Creve Coeur Connector, heading S.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mallard Lake Loop Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 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/mallard-lake-mallard-lake-loop-trail-out-back

Trail surface

71% paved25% dirt4% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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