City: Glencoe, MO

Category: Parks & Recreation

Telephone: (636) 458-2236

Address: 2751 Glencoe Road

Description: In addition to a cave crawl, picnic areas, and education center, Rockwoods Reservation features seven hiking trails among its 1,898 acres of rugged forest, springs, and streams. Each trail offers a different experience and challenge, with distances ranging from 300 yards on the wheelchair-accessible Wildlife Habitat Trail to 31⁄2 miles on the Lime Kiln Loop Trail. The Cobb Cavern Trail is a short jaunt from the parking lot that leads to a huge quarry cave that’s especially appealing on a hot day. Some of the trails have steep climbs that could require a breather every hundred feet, while others are paved or partially paved and aren’t quite as physically demanding. The scenery includes boulders the size of houses, clear running springs, cathedral stands of white oaks, beautiful vistas, and the ruins of structures from the property’s earlier days as a lumber and quarry resource. The Education Center at Rockwoods offers a detailed topographic map of the area and interpretive brochures for several of the trails.