Hiking along Big Creek and exploring prairie fields and wooded hills is a day at Indian Camp Creek Park north of Wentzville, Mo. It is St. Charles County’s largest park at 603 acres and has more than ten miles of trails. At the Parking Lot at Indian Camp Creek Park I parked in the first lot after the equestrian parking. Near parking are a playground,…
Seeing buffalo and hiking out on a bluff that juts out towards the water was part of my time at Buffalo Rock State Park near Ottawa, Ill. After stopping here, we went into Ottawa and had lunch at a local brewery, and walked around the historic Washington Park with Abraham Lincoln connections. (This was our first stop on our trip to the Starved Rock State…
Hike through woods and along a stream in the heart of suburban south county St. Louis at Officer Blake C. Snyder Memorial Park. Long Loop and Out and Back I hiked about 3.2 miles using the different trails in the park and taking some short trails out to Gravois Creek and back. Starting the Hike I parked near the playground and shelter house and headed…
Hiking around a crystal-clear lake and finding myself alone at a huge sandy beach was my day at Council Bluff Lake.
Lower Meramec Park is a walk-through flat bottomland forest with Meramec River views with a trailhead just off of Interstate 55.
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. About The Walk This was a paved 1.3-mile loop hike with an out and back to Dardenne Creek and using the…
Hiking on land once mined as part of the old “lead belt” and exploring woods and a small stream was my day at St. Joe State Park. The park has several trails and I chose to do about half or 5.2 miles of the 12.6 Pine Ridge Trail. This is the most remote area in the park, and I was alone once I started the…
See high waterfalls, deep canyons, and house-size boulders along Jackson Falls Trail in Shawnee National Forest. I went with a group so I could learn the area before bringing my son here in the future. There is only one way down into the canyon and you can get lost if you don’t know your way. Our group hiked about eight miles, but you can easily…
I hiked a north loop of the Berryman Trail through woods crossing small streams to go to Harmon Spring in Mark Twain National Forest. This was about nine-miles total with lots of up and down through the hills. Berryman Trail Overview The Berryman Trail has two main trailheads, Berryman Campground and Brazil Creek Trailhead. Hiking the whole trail is 27 miles. Along the trail, there…
Wildlife and forest combine to make Long Ridge Conservation Area a great hike in the woods not far from Interstate 44.
