AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Shaw Nature Reserve

Mirror Lake–Brush Creek Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 47 min

Mirror Lake–Brush Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Shaw Nature Reserve near Gray Summit, MO. The route reaches Mirror Lake. It is mostly level, with 231 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi482 – 653 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.47100, -90.82469
Nearest town Gray Summit, MO
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Mirror Lake–Brush Creek Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 47 min

Elevation 482–654 ft

Out & Back · Shaw Nature Reserve

Trailhead: 38.47100, -90.82469

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miPass Mirror Lake.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Brush Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading S.
  5. 100 ftTurn left onto Goddard River Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miReach Mirror Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Wildflower Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brush Creek Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 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/mirror-lake-mirror-lake-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Hikes near Gray Summit, Missouri