Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area
Shelter bluff & Rock Quarry Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Shelter bluff & Rock Quarry Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area near Wildwood, MO. The route reaches Shelter bluff. It climbs 440 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Shelter bluff & Rock Quarry Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 561–803 ft
Out & Back · Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area
Trailhead: Rock Quarry Trail · 38.56529, -90.66818
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Quarry Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miPass Shelter bluff.
- 0.3 miReach Shelter bluff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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