Cape Girardeau County Park North
Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes
3 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes is a 3-mile out-and-back in Cape Girardeau County Park North near Cape Girardeau, MO. The route passes Rain Garden, Rain Garden 2 and Rain Garden 3 before reaching Rain Garden 4 at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 314 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes
3 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 373–587 ft
Out & Back · Cape Girardeau County Park North
Trailhead: 37.33281, -89.57031
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 94°F / low 68° · precip 12% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridgetop Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Tulip Poplar Hill, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Rain Garden.
- 50 ftPass Rain Garden 2.
- 50 ftPass Rain Garden 3.
- 150 ftReach Rain Garden 4, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Ridgetop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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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More from this trailhead
- Cape La Croix Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Cape La Croix Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Rain Garden 3–Rain Garden 2, 5 lakes 2.7 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center–Rain Garden 4, 7 lakes 3.1 mi · ▲ 170 ft
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