60 Hikes Within 60 Miles

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 Area

• Al Foster Trail
• Babler State Park
• Castlewood State Park
• Chubb Trail
• Columbia Bottom Conservation Area
• Green Rock Trail
• Greensfelder County Park
• Howell Island Conservation Area
• Lone Elk County Park
• Powder Valley Nature Center
• Queeny Park
• Rockwoods Range
• Rockwoods Reservation
• Russell E. Emmenegger Nature Park

Hikes in Illinois

• Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
• Little Grand Canyon
• McCully Heritage Project
• Pere Marquette State Park
• Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
• Silver Lake Trail

Hikes West and Northwest of the St. Louis Area

• August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area
• Broemmelsiek Park
• Cuivre River State Park
• Engelmann Woods Natural Area
• Graham Cave State Park
• Indian Camp Creek Park
• Klondike Park
• Lewis and Clark Trail
• Lost Valley Trail
• Louis H. Bangert Memorial Wildlife Area
• Matson Hill Park

Hikes Southwest of the St. Louis Area

• Bell Mountain Wilderness Area
• Berryman Trail
• Council Bluff Lake
• Green's Cave Bushwhack: Hamilton Hollow Route
• Green's Cave Bushwhack: Sleepy Hollow Route
• Hughes Mountain Natural Area
• Lower Rock Creek
• Meramec Conservation Area
• Meramec State Park's Short Trails
• Meramec State Park: The Wilderness Trail
• Onondaga Cave State Park
• Ozark Trail: Courtois Section
• Shaw Nature Reserve
• Taum Sauk Mountain State Park

Hikes South of the St. Louis Area

• Amidon Memorial Conservation Area
• Buford Mountain Conservation Area
• Crane Lake Trail
• Hawn State Park
• Hickory Canyons Natural Area
• John J. Audubon Trail
• Mastodon State Historic Site
• Pickle Springs Natural Area: Trail Through Time
• Rock Pile Mountain Wilderness Area
• Silver Mines-Millstream Gardens Trail
• St. Francois State Park
• St. Joe State Park
• Trail of Tears State Park
• Valley View Glades
• Washington State Park

Appendixes

• Appendix A: Outdoor Shops
• Appendix B: Places to Buy Maps
• Appendix C: Hiking Clubs and Events
• Appendix D: Agency List
• Appendix E: Good Hikes That Didn't Make the Cut This Time

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