Glen Travis Park to Rabbit Run Park Walk

Hiking by small ponds and seeing wildlife is part of a day on the trails at Glen Travis Park and Rabbit Run Park in St. Peters, Mo.

The parks are located not far from the Mid Rivers Mall shopping area in a suburban neighborhood.

Trail map details the walk we did. You can see the loop you can do using the Glen Travis, Woodlands Greenway Trail, Dardenne Greenway Trail, and the Mayfield road (although not shown, can’t be missed walking back towards Glen Travis Park.) You can also see where we walked to Dardenne Creek and back.

About The Walk

This was a paved 1.3-mile loop hike with an out and back to Dardenne Creek and using the Glen Travis Park Trail, Woodlands Greenway Connector Trail, Dardenne Greenway, Woodlands Greenway Trail, and a park road back to the trailhead to complete the loop.

Heading to the Trail

We parked in the first lot for Glen Travis/Rabbit Run Parks. Nearby were baseball fields, a restroom, picnic tables, and a playground.

Sign for Glen Travis Park by the trailhead

This hike starts on the Woodlands Greenway Trail at the end of the lot by the basketball courts.

The paved trail passes by a muddy slough.

We stopped for a moment when David, who joined me for the hike, noticed a brown and orange fuzzy caterpillar finding its way across the trail.

Next, we passed by a small brook where water flowed through rocks.

Glen Travis Park Trail Section

The trail came to a fork and we went to the right. Here we had views of a lake before the trail came to an end at a gate.

We turned back around to the fork and this time made a left towards Dardenne Creek on the Dardenne Greenway Connector Trail.

Woodlands Greenway Connector Trail

Now we walked further away from the water and then came to another fork at the Woodlands Greenway Trail.

We could have gone left and finished the loop, but I wanted to go further and do an out-and-back walk to Dardenne Creek on part of the Dardenne Greenway Trail.

Look for gnomes at the fork in the trail.

At the fork is a small garden with red and blue gnomes, flowers, and bordered by rock walls.

To the Creek

Now we headed towards a prairie field with large yellow wildflowers.

In the distance, I saw a large turtle crossing the trail, but he was moving fast for a turtle and was gone by the time I made it up there.

Near the Creek

A brown signpost with green trail markers pointed the different directions for the trails. We went right towards Mexico Road along Dardenne Creek.

First, we crossed a narrow ditch before walking along the creek. I took a small path to find the creek filled with brown water and decided it was time to turn around.

Going Back

Now we went back the same way we came and this time at the gnome garden made a right.

This part of the trail went through a larger area along the slough. On the right were large homes bordering another lake.

Then we crossed a narrow section of the slough. Here we went left to Mayfield Road and walked on the side of this road back to the parking lot. The road was only a park road that dead-ends so it is not busy.

In the distance, we saw a deer munching on grass in a field.

You can also go to the end of the Dardenne Greenway Trail which ends at Brookshire Drive as an out and back.

We instead went to the left on Mayfield Road back to parking to finish the hike.

Final Thoughts

This was a 1.3-mile walk. This was a level paved hike that had plenty of water features with ponds, a slough, and a creek. It was a nice natural break in the middle of suburbia.

DETAILS:

Drive: Go west out of Interstate 70 and take Exit 222 and go south on Mid Rivers Mall Drive and make a right onto Countryside Drive then left onto Mayfield Road for parking in Glen Travis Park.

Hours: Sunrise to Sunset

Address: 10 Mayfield Rd, St Peters, MO 63376