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Hike along a clear, pebble-filled stream and through forests on the Brookmount Trail in a quiet neighborhood in St. Peters, MO. This is a 1.9-mile out-and-back paved trail, mostly flat, with only 46 feet of elevation gain. Look for the brown “City of St. Peters Trail” sign for the beginning of the trail. Start of the Walk There is no dedicated parking lot for this walk, so I parked on…

Bellemeade Trail winds through the woods and leads to a one-of-a-kind small-town playground at Brookmount Park in St. Peters. This 1 mile out and back walk on a paved trail connects Tot Lot Park to Brookmount Park. Parking at Tot Lot Park Tot Lot Park I parked in a small lot near Mexico Road. Most of the park is occupied by a playground enclosed by a fence. Covered picnic tables in front of…

Kids enjoy a destination playground and families can take to trails that wrap around lakes at Veterans Tribute Park in Weldon Spring, Mo. I walked 1.7 miles of the paved trails with 105 feet of elevation checking out the main sites in the park including a Veteran’s Memorial. Pavilion by parking Start of the Walk at Veterans Tribute Park I parked in the first lot on the left near a red-roof…

Indian Camp Creek Park Hike

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. Information sign at the trailhead at Indian Camp Creek Park At the Parking Lot at Indian Camp Creek Park I parked in the first lot after the equestrian parking. Playground…

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…

Fountain Lakes Park Hike

You can walk around several lakes in north St. Charles, Mo., at Fountain Lakes Park which is easily reached off Missouri Highway 370. I did two separate hikes in the park since the connector trail between them was flooded. The first gravel surface hike was a one-mile hike with ten feet of elevation gain around Kluesner Lake on the northside of Missouri Highway 370. The second gravel surface…

Fall Hikes: Quail Ridge Park

Stealey Way Trail crosses small brooks and goes along Peruque Creek through Quail Ridge Park south of Wentzville, Mo. Posted map of the trails in the park The 2.3-mile natural surface trail is the longest one in the park and the most remote for being so close to the intersection of Interstate 64 and Interstate 70 in St. Charles County. Trailhead MY TIME HERE I began at the Stealey Way…