60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: St. Louis

Steve Henry grew up on a farm in the rolling hills of central Kansas, spending much of his youth working under the blue skies of the plains. After earning bachelor’s degrees in marketing and agricultural economics at Kansas State University, he served a sentence of seven years in the offices of a large insurance company. Missing the outdoor life, he left the corporate world in 1985 to cycle across the continent twice, including one trek from Alaska to Key West. Since then he has led bicycle and backpack tours, contributed articles to outdoor publications and Web sites, and written Mountain Bike! The Ozarks and The Best in Tent Camping: Missouri & the Ozarks. He heads for the mountain and desert West whenever he can shake himself loose from the Midwest, and he enjoys fall and winter camping and hiking in the Ozarks. When not roaming the outdoors on foot or by bike, Steve sees the country from the driver’s seat of a Peterbilt 379.

• Hikes in the St. Louis Metro AreaAl Foster TrailBabler State ParkCastlewood State ParkChubb TrailColumbia Bottom Conservation AreaGreen Rock TrailGreensfelder County ParkHowell Island Conservation AreaLone Elk County ParkPowder Valley Nature CenterQueeny ParkRockwoods RangeRockwoods ReservationRussell E. Emmenegger Nature ParkHikes in IllinoisFults Hill Prairie Nature PreserveLittle Grand CanyonMcCully Heritage ProjectPere Marquette State ParkPiney Creek Ravine Nature PreserveSilver Lake TrailHikes West and Northwest of the St. Louis AreaAugust A. Busch Memorial Conservation AreaBroemmelsiek ParkCuivre River State ParkEngelmann Woods Natural AreaGraham Cave State ParkIndian Camp Creek ParkKlondike ParkLewis and Clark TrailLost Valley TrailLouis H. Bangert Memorial Wildlife AreaMatson Hill ParkHikes Southwest of the St. Louis AreaBell Mountain Wilderness AreaBerryman TrailCouncil Bluff LakeGreen’s Cave Bushwhack: Hamilton Hollow RouteGreen’s Cave Bushwhack: Sleepy Hollow RouteHughes Mountain Natural AreaLower Rock CreekMeramec Conservation AreaMeramec State Park’s Short TrailsMeramec State Park: The Wilderness TrailOnondaga Cave State ParkOzark Trail: Courtois SectionShaw Nature ReserveTaum Sauk Mountain State ParkHikes South of the St. Louis AreaAmidon Memorial Conservation AreaBuford Mountain Conservation AreaCrane Lake TrailHawn State ParkHickory Canyons Natural AreaJohn J. Audubon TrailMastodon State Historic SitePickle Springs Natural Area: Trail Through TimeRock Pile Mountain Wilderness AreaSilver Mines–Millstream Gardens TrailSt. Francois State ParkSt. Joe State ParkTrail of Tears State ParkValley View GladesWashington State ParkAppendixesAppendix A: Outdoor ShopsAppendix B: Places to Buy MapsAppendix C: Hiking Clubs and EventsAppendix D: Agency ListAppendix E: Good Hikes That Didn’t Make the Cut This TimeIndex

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