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…
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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
Eagle Valley Trail at Greensfelder Park
Eagle Valley Trail follows along clear streams and goes into wooded hills in Greensfelder County Park in West St. Louis County. Overview It consists of 1,724 acres and is the largest St. Louis County Park…
Crossing Creeks at Young Conservation Area
Walking along a clear stream, going up into Ozark hills and through a pine forest was part of my three-mile hike at Young Conservation Area. Hiking the Taconic Trail combines two loops and provides variety…
Search For the Losing Stream at Forest 44
Finding a disappearing stream was part of the fun at Forest 44 Conservation Area. I hiked the 2.2-mile Dogwood Trail and the .4-mile Losing Stream Trail here. What Is the Losing Stream? The losing stream…
Taking a Hike in Carondelet Park
Carondelet Park is surrounded by Tudor homes and includes a historic boathouse around a lake with a fountain in the middle. It is the third-largest park in St. Louis with 180-acres and has a two-mile…
Hiking in the Dark at Tunnel Hill
You can walk or bicycle through a former railroad tunnel and across a 90-foot high former railroad bridge along the Tunnel Hill State Trail.
Hiking Into Cave-In-Rock
A wide cave along the Ohio River where bandits once were once found is Cave-In-Rock State Park. The 55-foot wide Cave-In-Rock was carved out of the limestone rock by water thousands of years ago. Outlaw…