Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 8 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 3 hr 39 min
Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 8 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Arena Park near Decatur, MO. The route passes Rain Garden, Rain Garden 2 and Rain Garden 3 before reaching Rain Garden 4 at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 174 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 8 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 3 hr 39 min
Elevation 347–557 ft
Out & Back · Arena Park
Trailhead: 37.28926, -89.54140
Weather Sep 23: Overcast, high 69°F / low 59° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridgetop Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Rain Garden.
- 50 ftPass Rain Garden 2.
- 50 ftPass Rain Garden 3.
- 0.1 miPass Rain Garden 4.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftReach Rain Garden 4, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading NW.
- 3.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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