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Cape Girardeau County Park North

Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes

6.8 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Cape Girardeau County Park North near Decatur, MO. The route passes Rain Garden, Rain Garden 2 and Rain Garden 3 before reaching Rain Garden 4 at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 343 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi361 – 587 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cape La Croix Trail 37.31056, -89.55924
Nearest town Decatur, MO
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Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes

6.8 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 360–587 ft

Out & Back · Cape Girardeau County Park North

Trailhead: Cape La Croix Trail · 37.31056, -89.55924

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cape La Croix Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 1.4 miBear right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridgetop Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
  6. 250 ftSharp left onto Tulip Poplar Hill, heading SW.
  7. 500 ftPass Rain Garden.
  8. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 2.
  9. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 3.
  10. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 4.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cotton Wood Crossing, heading N.
  12. 500 ftReach Rain Garden 4, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tulip Poplar Hill, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn left onto Ridgetop Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading SE.
  18. 2.8 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/rain-garden-4-rain-garden-3-out-back-10-lakes-11-km

Trail surface

41% gravel2% paved57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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