Mom’s Guide to Visiting St. Louis: Hiking and Biking

 

a family hiking on a trail

 

 

Shaw Park 

Centennial Greenway – 3 miles

27 South Brentwood Boulevard, Clayton, MO 63105

 

Tilles Park 

Tilles Park Foot and Bike Path – 0.9 miles

9951 Litzsinger Road, St. Louis, MO 63124

 

 

 

Fort Belle Fontaine County Park

Fort Belle Fontaine Loop Trail – 2.7 miles 

Grants Trail – 9.8 miles 

13002 Bellefontaine Road, St. Louis, MO 63138

 

 

 

Lewis and Clark Trail

Lewis Trail – over 8 miles – hiking

Clark Trail – just under 5.5 miles – hiking

7394-7398 MO 94, St. Charles, MO 63304

 

a couple hiking and scaling large rocks

 

 

Forest Park

Emerson Grand Basin Loop – 2.5 miles

Heels Path – 5.8 miles

Picnic Island Loop – 1.1 miles

Wheels Path – 5.7 miles

5595 Grand Drive, St. Louis, MO 63112

 

Lindenwood Park

River Des Peres Greenway Trail – 12.7 miles

6701 Lindenwood Place, St. Louis, MO 63109

 

McKinley Bridge Bikeway

1.25 miles

East of Branch and Hall Streets, St. Louis, MO

 

St. Louis Riverfront Trail

12.2 miles

1246 Lewis Street, St. Louis, MO

 

Tower Grove Park

St. Louis Tower Grove Park Tour – 3.2 miles

4257 Northeast Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110

 

 

 

 

Bee Tree County Park

Bee Tree Lake Loop – 2.3 miles

2701 Finestown Road, St. Louis, MO 63129

 

Cliff Cave County Park

Cliff Cave County Park Loop – 4.3 miles

Mississippi Greenway Trail – 5.1 miles

River Bluff Trail – 1 mile

Spring Valley Trail – 2.8 miles

806 Cliff Cave Road, St. Louis, MO 63129

 

a close up of hiking boots on a trail

 

Jefferson Barracks Park

Dennis Schick Trail – 2.5 miles

Mississippi River Greenway – 2.6 mile trail

345 North Road, St. Louis, MO 63125

 

Laumeier Park

Art Hike Trail – 0.77 miles

Central Pathway – 0.64 miles

Western Woodland Trail – 0.15 miles

12580 Rott Road, St. Louis, MO 63127

 

Lower Meramec Park

Meramec Greenway Trail – 3.9 miles

4800 Meramec Bottom Road, St. Louis, MO 63128

 

Meramec Greenway

Arnold’s Grove Trail – 6.6 miles

Bonhomme Township, MO 63026

 

Minnie Ha Ha Park

Lower Loop – 1.2 miles

Upper Trail and Lower Loop – 3.4 miles

801 Old Gravois Road, Sappington, MO 63127

 

Watson Trail Park

Watson Trail Park Outer Loop – 0.9 miles

12450 W. Watson Road, St. Louis, MO 63127

 

 

 

Al Foster Memorial Trail

Al Foster Trail – 5.5 miles

225 Grand Avenue, Glencoe, MO 63038

 

Babler State Park

Babler Memorial State Park Bike Trail – 3.5 miles round trip

800 Guy Park Drive, Wildwood, MO 63005

 

a close up of bike wheels on a muddy trail as a cyclist goes for a ride

 

Creve Coeur County Park

Creve Coeur Connector Trail – 7 miles

Mallard Lake Loop – 2.6 miles

Creve Coeur Lakeview Loop Trail – 3.8 miles

13725 Marine Ave, Creve Coeur, MO 63146

 

Lone Elk Park

Chubb Trail – 12.4 miles 

White Bison Trail Loop – 3 mile trail – hiking

1 Lone Elk Park Road, St. Louis, MO 63088

 

Queeny Park

Hawk Ridge Trail – 4.5 mile loop – hiking and biking

550 Weidman Road, St. Louis, MO 63011

 

Rockwoods Range

Fox Creek Spur Trail – 0.6 miles – hiking, biking

Fox Run Trail – 3.5 miles – hiking, biking

Green Rock Trail – 13.2 miles – hiking

Round House Loop Trail – 3 miles – hiking, biking

Fox Creek Road, Wildwood, MO 63069

 

Rock Hollow Trail

4.6 miles round trip

777 Ridge Road, Ellisville, MO

 

Rockwoods Reservations

Lime Kiln Loop – 3.2 miles

Seven trails – hiking

2751 Glencoe Road, Wildwood, MO 63038

 

West Tyson County Park 

Chinkapin Trail – 0.5 miles

Chubb Trail – 7 miles

Flint Quarry Trail – 3 miles

Prairie Loop Trail – 1.5 miles

131 N. Outer Road East, St. Louis, MO 63025

 

 

 

 

 

These trails are outside of St. Louis County, but worth a drive if hiking and biking are high on your list of adventures!

 

Echo Bluff State Park

More than 30 trails

34489 Echo Bluff Drive, Eminence, MO 65466

 

Elephant Rocks State Park

7390, 7406 MO-21, Belleview, MO 63623