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Cape Girardeau County Park North

Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes

5.2 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Cape Girardeau County Park North near Cape Girardeau, MO. The route passes Rain Garden, Rain Garden 2, Rain Garden 3 and Rain Garden 4. It climbs 581 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi371 – 587 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.32814, -89.56993
Nearest town Cape Girardeau, MO
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Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 6 lakes

5.2 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 372–587 ft

Out & Back · Cape Girardeau County Park North

Trailhead: 37.32814, -89.56993

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 6:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.2 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 W.
  7. 0.1 miPass Rain Garden.
  8. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 2.
  9. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 3.
  10. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 4.
  11. 450 ftTurn right onto Cotton Wood Crossing, heading NW.
  12. 500 ftTurn left onto Wood Duck Swamp, heading N.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Maple Hollow Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miReach Rain Garden 4, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.7 miBear left onto Wood Duck Swamp, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Cotton Wood Crossing, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tulip Poplar Hill, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading SE.
  19. 250 ftTurn left onto Ridgetop Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading SW.
  22. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 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-8-km

Trail surface

56% gravel22% paved5% other17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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