Teszars Woods Conservation Area has 91 acres with two short natural surface hikes near Arnold, Mo., off of Telegraph Road. One trail is located along the Meramec River. The other is an out-and-back on a…
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Buder Park Hike
Views of the Meramec River and watching small planes take off are part of the hike at Buder Park in St. Louis County. The park is near the busy intersection of Interstate 44 and Missouri…
Minnie Ha Ha Park: Playing and Hiking
Take a walk that goes by multiple playgrounds and along the Meramec River at Minnie Ha Ha Park in Sunset Hills, Mo. This is a 3.4-mile paved trail hike with two loops that are mostly…
Strawberry Creek Nature Hike
I crossed clear streams and hiked up forested and through prairie along my hike at Strawberry Creek Nature Area. The nature area encompasses 118 acres with four walking trails, three of them looping into each…
Klondike Park Hikes
White sands and cliffs surround a clear water lake at Klondike Park in St. Charles County just west of Defiance, Mo. I hiked the paved trail around a lake, then did two other hikes that…
Summer Fun at the YMCA Trout Lodge
A weekend at the YMCA Trout Lodge in the Ozarks includes my son riding a pony, swishing down a waterslide, and making a tie-die shirt. YMCA Trout Lodge is about two hours south of St….
See a Two-Headed Snake in Cape Girardeau
See a two-headed black rat snake and explore the woods at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center in southeast Missouri. Located on the north side of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and has numerous short hiking trails…
Kansas City’s Plaza Lights Shine at Christmas
I spent some of my childhood in the Kansas City area and what I enjoyed the most when I was young was seeing the Plaza lights at Christmas time. It is an over-90-year-old tradition that…
Day Hikes: Beckemeier Conservation Area
A stair-step waterfall and distant river views are found along the .6-mile trail at August G. Beckemeier Conservation Area in Chesterfield. Finding the Parking lot The small park lot was right off Olive Boulevard. This…
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Confluence Hike
Finding my way to viewing the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers was my goal at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area. Entering the Conservation Area I parked at the lot for the Confluence Trail after…
