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.

Elevation

0 mi561 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock Quarry Trail 38.56529, -90.66818
Nearest town Wildwood, MO

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Rock Quarry Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.4 miPass Shelter bluff.
  3. 0.3 miReach Shelter bluff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead