Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center has paved trails for families to explore the woods crossing wooden bridges over small rocky brooks and streams. It also has an educational component that helps children learn about the…
Date Archives October 2021
Halloween Hikes: Arnold City Park
Walking along former residential streets through the bottomland forest was my hike at Arnold City Park. FIRST HIKE A gravel parking lot for the hike can be found at the end of Bradley Beach Road…
Halloween Hikes: A Route 66 Ghost Town
Hiking along a former street in a ghost town near the skeletal remains of a Route 66 bridge across the Meramec River was my destination. This area has a lot of history, from once being…
Halloween Hikes: Busch Memorial Conservation Area
Like scenes of a post-apocalyptic nightmare or a zombie movie, abandoned cement bunkers are scattered throughout August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area. History In the 1940s the Department of the Army took over the area…
Halloween Hikes: Robertsville State Park Cemetery Walk
Views of the Meramec River and walk through spicebush, lush forests and creeks can be found at Robertsville State Park along with a trip to an electrified cemetery. HISTORY The park was once part of…
Halloween Hikes: Fort Belle Fontaine
Grounds of a former 19th century U.S. Military installation and ruins of a popular summer retreat in the 1930s can be explored at Fort Belle Fontaine County Park in North St. Louis County. Rumors are…
Halloween Hikes: Monastery Ruins at Saint Stanislaus
Another view of the ruins on top of the hillside
