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Location:
St. Louis County
Trail Manager:
Dept. of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone:
1-636-227-4433
Website:
www.mostateparks.com
St. Louis County
Trail Manager:
Dept. of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone:
1-636-227-4433
Website:
www.mostateparks.com
Directions:
From St. Louis, take I-44 west to Hwy 109 and turn right. Drive 5.5 miles on Hwy
109 to Manchester Road, turn right. Drive 3 miles to Keifer Creek Road and turn right
again. Follow Keifer Creek Road 4 miles to the entrance. The trailhead parking lot is
just a little further on the right. This is a suburban park, so traffic on the way there can
be heavy at times.
GPS Coordinates:
Castlewood Equestrian Parking: N38.55152, W90.54144
Miles of Trails:
4.5 mile of multiple loops.
Trailer Parking:
Moderate.
Trail Maps:.
Simple Color Map
JPG Topo Map - jpg file that anyone can open.
GPX - Can be viewed in Google Earth and many other mapping programs.
National Geographic Topo Map - Will only open in National Geographic Topo Software.
Mapsource GDB File - Will open only if you have Garmin Mapsource Software.
Season:
Year-round.
No hunting allowed here except special managed hunts.
Fees:
No day use fees.
Equine Camping:
Not allowed.
Trail Notes:
This trail system has two trails open to us, the Grotpeter Trail and the Lone Wolf Trail. This
trail was a lot prettier, and harder, than I had imagined. With the inner connecting trails on
the Grotpeter trail, the mileage is closer to about 8 miles. It's VERY steep in some places,
and very pretty overall. The biggest hazard on Grotpeter trail is crossing a blacktop road
that doesn't have a lot of site distance for drivers. Lone Wolf Trail is a bit confusing. The
trail itself is not listed as a horse trail, although Lalita confirmed with the park that it is open to
us. The maps also show that equestrians are allowed there. This trail, as it leaves the
equestrian parking lot, runs along the creek, but then it makes it's way over to another
parking lot, and the trail from that lot is also VERY steep. So steep in fact that there are
signs telling the mountain bike riders that it is one way only. They can go up, but they can't
come down that way. We got up to the top of a ridge where we could look down at the
Meramec River, then there's another steep climb before it finally descends back down and
comes back to the creek. The trail is heavily used by mountain bike riders and hikers so
your biggest caution is to watch out for other trail users, but there are also other road
crossings, wooden bridges to cross, and the creek crossing has steep sides on each side of
the trail with a metal piece of something sticking up out of the ground that you have to be
careful to avoid.
Cart/Wagon Driving:
Not feasible. Trail is single track, very steep in some areas and quite rocky.
Water Available:
Drinking water: Yes, available in the park.
Water for horses: Creeks and Ponds.
Other Facilities:
There are bar-b-que pits, picnic tables, hitching rails, trash cans, and toilets.
Other Activities:
Hiking, fishing, canoeing, picnicking, & mountain bike riding.
Other Services:
Car care, groceries, & restaurants: Manchester, about 4 miles north.
Tack & Feed: West County Feed
Wildwood, about 12 miles N.W.
1-636-458-5474
Emergency Information:
Cell Phone Signal: Excellent.
St. Louis County Sheriff: 1-314-615-4724
Hospital: St. John's Medical Center
St. Louis
1-314-569-6000
Veterinarian: Fox Creek Veterinarian Hospital
Wildwood
1-636-451-5237
From St. Louis, take I-44 west to Hwy 109 and turn right. Drive 5.5 miles on Hwy
109 to Manchester Road, turn right. Drive 3 miles to Keifer Creek Road and turn right
again. Follow Keifer Creek Road 4 miles to the entrance. The trailhead parking lot is
just a little further on the right. This is a suburban park, so traffic on the way there can
be heavy at times.
GPS Coordinates:
Castlewood Equestrian Parking: N38.55152, W90.54144
Miles of Trails:
4.5 mile of multiple loops.
Trailer Parking:
Moderate.
Trail Maps:.
Simple Color Map
JPG Topo Map - jpg file that anyone can open.
GPX - Can be viewed in Google Earth and many other mapping programs.
National Geographic Topo Map - Will only open in National Geographic Topo Software.
Mapsource GDB File - Will open only if you have Garmin Mapsource Software.
Season:
Year-round.
No hunting allowed here except special managed hunts.
Fees:
No day use fees.
Equine Camping:
Not allowed.
Trail Notes:
This trail system has two trails open to us, the Grotpeter Trail and the Lone Wolf Trail. This
trail was a lot prettier, and harder, than I had imagined. With the inner connecting trails on
the Grotpeter trail, the mileage is closer to about 8 miles. It's VERY steep in some places,
and very pretty overall. The biggest hazard on Grotpeter trail is crossing a blacktop road
that doesn't have a lot of site distance for drivers. Lone Wolf Trail is a bit confusing. The
trail itself is not listed as a horse trail, although Lalita confirmed with the park that it is open to
us. The maps also show that equestrians are allowed there. This trail, as it leaves the
equestrian parking lot, runs along the creek, but then it makes it's way over to another
parking lot, and the trail from that lot is also VERY steep. So steep in fact that there are
signs telling the mountain bike riders that it is one way only. They can go up, but they can't
come down that way. We got up to the top of a ridge where we could look down at the
Meramec River, then there's another steep climb before it finally descends back down and
comes back to the creek. The trail is heavily used by mountain bike riders and hikers so
your biggest caution is to watch out for other trail users, but there are also other road
crossings, wooden bridges to cross, and the creek crossing has steep sides on each side of
the trail with a metal piece of something sticking up out of the ground that you have to be
careful to avoid.
Cart/Wagon Driving:
Not feasible. Trail is single track, very steep in some areas and quite rocky.
Water Available:
Drinking water: Yes, available in the park.
Water for horses: Creeks and Ponds.
Other Facilities:
There are bar-b-que pits, picnic tables, hitching rails, trash cans, and toilets.
Other Activities:
Hiking, fishing, canoeing, picnicking, & mountain bike riding.
Other Services:
Car care, groceries, & restaurants: Manchester, about 4 miles north.
Tack & Feed: West County Feed
Wildwood, about 12 miles N.W.
1-636-458-5474
Emergency Information:
Cell Phone Signal: Excellent.
St. Louis County Sheriff: 1-314-615-4724
Hospital: St. John's Medical Center
St. Louis
1-314-569-6000
Veterinarian: Fox Creek Veterinarian Hospital
Wildwood
1-636-451-5237
| The Parking Lot. |
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| *Trail Alert: Lone Wolf Trail is open to Equestrians. |
| Bench after the hill of the Grotpeter Trail |
| Lone Wolf Trail overlooking the Meramec River. |
| One of the wooden bridges. This one has a path around it, most of them don't. |