Castlewood State Park
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The Castlewood State park is located in St. Louis County
, Missouri
. The 1818 acres (7.4 km²) park was established in 1974. The most visited section of the park lies on the north side of the Meramec River, but it includes significant acreage on the south side of the river that is accessed from Lone Elk County Park. Its recreational offerings include fishing, hiking, and mountain biking trails. The south section of the park includes the World Bird Sanctuary.
The park currently has seven trails:
St. Louis County, Missouri
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. The 1818 acres (7.4 km²) park was established in 1974. The most visited section of the park lies on the north side of the Meramec River, but it includes significant acreage on the south side of the river that is accessed from Lone Elk County Park. Its recreational offerings include fishing, hiking, and mountain biking trails. The south section of the park includes the World Bird Sanctuary.
The park currently has seven trails:
| Trail | Length | Uses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bluff Loop | 2 miles (3.2 km) | Hiking and biking | Accessed from Stinging Nettle Loop |
| Chubb Trail Castlewood Loop | 3 miles (4.8 km) | Hiking, biking, equestrian | Accessed from the Lone Elk County Park trail head on south side of river. Chubb Trail is a 7 miles (11.3 km) linear trail between Lone Elk and West Tyson county parks that crosses a portion of Castlewood State Park. |
| Grotpeter Trail | 3 miles (4.8 km) | Hiking, biking, equestrian | |
| Lone Wolf Trail | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | Biking, hiking | |
| River Scene Trail | 3 miles (4.8 km) | Hiking, biking | Only hiking allowed on the section atop the bluffs; hiking and biking on the bottomland section |
| Stinging Nettle Loop | 3 miles (4.8 km) | Hiking, biking | Trailhead in Sherman Beach County Park |
| Al Foster Trail | Hiking, biking | A cooperative partnership with the Dept. of Natural Resources Missouri Department of Natural Resources The Missouri Department of Natural Resources of the government of the U.S. state of Missouri consists of the Division of Environmental Quality, the Division of Geology and Land Survey, the Division of State Parks, the Environmental and Energy Resources Authority, and the Field Services Division.... , when complete it will become a segment of the Ozark Trail Ozark Trail (hiking trail) The Ozark Trail is a hiking, backpacking, and, in many places, biking and equestrian trail under construction in the Missouri Ozarks in the United States. It is intended to reach from St. Louis to Arkansas. Over of the trail have been completed as of 2008, and the estimated length when finished... . Located in the Rock Hollow (western) unit of the park, it will connect to trails in Sherman Beach County Park. |
See also
- List of Missouri state parks
- Lone Elk County Park
- West Tyson County Park
- Sherman Beach County Park