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Cape Girardeau County Park North

Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes

3.9 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes is a 3.9-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, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 318 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi371 – 587 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.32727, -89.56777
Nearest town Cape Girardeau, MO
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Rain Garden 4–Rain Garden 3, 5 lakes

3.9 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 372–587 ft

Out & Back · Cape Girardeau County Park North

Trailhead: 37.32727, -89.56777

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 6:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  3. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.2 miBear right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridgetop Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading W.
  8. 250 ftSharp left onto Tulip Poplar Hill, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miPass Rain Garden.
  10. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 2.
  11. 50 ftPass Rain Garden 3.
  12. 150 ftBear left onto Wood Duck Swamp, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftReach Rain Garden 4, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftBear right onto Tulip Poplar Hill, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Ridgetop Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sinkhole Bottom, heading S.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Cape La Croix Trail, heading SW.
  19. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftArrive 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-5-lakes-6-km

Trail surface

68% gravel3% paved29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 6:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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