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April 6, 2024
Emerson Grand Basin & Jefferson Lake loop – Forest Park, Saint Louis
Easy
01:56
7.54km
3.9km/h
30m
30m
Overview
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Waypoints
A
Start point
Parking
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1
951 m
Forest Park
Highlight • Forest
Forest Park, with 1,326 acres, is considered one of the premier urban public parks in the US. It features beautiful landscapes sprinkled with forests, ecosystems, nature reserves, and lakes and …
Tip by
2
2.70 km
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Memorial
Highlight • Monument
Friedrich Jahn, a German-Prussian gymnastics educator, founded the Turnverein, an international gymnastic and social society, in Germany in 1811. The monument was installed by the St Louis German community in …
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3
5.38 km
Jefferson Lake
Highlight • Lake
Jefferson Lake is a scenic lake in Forest Park just off the Wheels and Heels Trail where you can fish with a valid MO fishing license. The lake is stocked with bass, catfish, crappie, and carp.
Tip by
4
6.84 km
Forest Park Fish Hatchery
Highlight • Structure
Fish hatchery from the late 1800s. No longer used for fish farming but for educational programming.
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B
7.54 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.46 km
575 m
332 m
145 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.50 km
2.87 km
544 m
517 m
< 100 m
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