Millers Cave–Dark Trail, 5 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Greensfelder County Park near Camp Wyman, MO. The route reaches Millers Cave. It climbs 547 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi568 – 896 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: DeClue Trail 38.52757, -90.68418
Nearest town Camp Wyman, MO
Directions
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Millers Cave–Dark Trail, 5 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 566–896 ft
Out & Back · Greensfelder County Park
Trailhead: DeClue Trail · 38.52757, -90.68418
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto DeClue Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Dark Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Eagle Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Millers Cave, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Stable Rd, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Eagle Valley Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Pawnee Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Millers Cave.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Green Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Eagle Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto DeClue Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Dark Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto DeClue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from DeClue Trail Trailhead
- Dogwood Trail & Fox Run Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft
- Millers Cave–Dark Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- DeClue Trail & Eagle Valley Trail 4 mi · ▲ 313 ft
- High Point St. Louis County–DeClue Connector, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Overlook–Beulah Trail Loop, 7 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 371 ft
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