Walking/Bike Paths

Looking for a place to get active in the fresh air? St. Louis has you covered. Biking, walking and running are fun and easy ways to get exercise and your daily dose of fresh air. The metropolitan area has a plethora of parks and trails featuring beautiful riverfront views, bluffs, woodlands, wetlands and more. Whether you prefer urban, suburban, natural or a combination of all three, there’s a trail for you here.

Arnold City Park Trail

2101 Bradley Beach Road

• 2 miles, biking, walking, fishing

• Views of the Meramec River

Big Sugar Creek Trail

Cuivre River State Park, Troy, MO

• 3.25 miles, walking, camping

• Clear water springs, bluff views

Creve Coeur Lake Trail

2143 Creve Coeur Mill Road

• 5.50 miles, biking, walking

• Creve Coeur Lake and surrounding

woods

Forest Park trail system

Forest Park, 5595 Grand Dr.

• 6 mile perimeter, countless

combinations of inner trails

• Biking, running, walking

• St. Louis Art Museum, History

Museum, Zoo, Kennedy Forest,

Turtle Park, Jewel Box, Muny

Grant’s Trail

4398 Hoffmeister Avenue in Lemay to Leffingwell Avenue in Kirkwood

• 8 miles, biking, running, walking

• Wetlands, Grant’s Farm and White

Haven

Hamilton-Carr Greenway

Woods Road in Rockwoods Reservation

• 1.5 miles, biking, walking

• Rockwoods Reservation, caves,

rock formations

Hawk Ridge Trail

Edgar M. Queeny Park, accessible from Mason Road and Weidman

• Road entrances

• 4.1 miles, biking, walking

• Meadows, ponds, woodlands

Hickory Ridge Trail

Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center

11715 Cragwold Road

• 1.7 miles, walking

• Forests, wild life

Hickory Trail

125 Bald Eagle Ridge Road

• 0.5 miles, walking

• World Bird Sanctuary

Katy Trail State Park

Machens to Clinton

• 240 miles, biking, running,

walking

• There are six trailheads in St.

Charles County. The St. Charles

to Augusta leg of the trail is popular.

Laumeier Sculpture Park

12580 Rott Road

• 1.4 miles, walking

• Outdoor sculptures

Meramec Greenway Trail

Lower Meramec Park, Fenton

• Meramec Greenway, Unger Park,

Greentree and Simpson parks,

Castlewood State Park, Castlewood

and Sherman Beach parks, Castle

wood and Glencoe, and Route 66

State Park

• 13 miles, biking, walking, fishing

Monarch Chesterfield Levee Trail

17925 N Outer 40 Road

• 10 miles, biking

• Missouri River

Old Chain of Rocks Bridge Trail

Riverview Drive South just off Interstate 270

• 1 mile, biking, walking, bird

watching, wheelchair accessible

• Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, Mississippi

River, bald eagles

River Des Peres Greenway Trail

Between Gravois and Morganford along the River Des Peres

• 9.6 miles, biking, walking

• Carondelet Park, two pedestrian

bridges

Riverwoods Trail

End of St. Charles Rock Road, west of the Earth City levee

• 1.7 miles, biking, walking, running

• Missouri River, historic St. Charles

St. Louis Riverfront Trail

Intersection of Lewis and Biddle streets

• 12.2 miles, biking, walking,

running

• Mississippi River, Gateway Arch,

downtown

• St. Louis, Old Chain of Rocks

Bridge

St. Vincent Greenway Trail

St. Vincent Park, Marlin Drive to St. Charles Rock Rd.

• 5.5 miles, biking, walking

• UMSL campus, St. Vincent Park

woodlands

Sunset Greenway Trail

Sunset Park Drive

• 3.9 miles, biking, walking

• Old Town Florissant, Missouri River,

Coldwater Creek

Truman Park - St. Stanislaus Trail

7029 Howdershell Road, north end of Truman Park

• 0.60 miles, biking, walking, fishing

• Truman Park's lake, Aubuchon Creek

Lewis and Clark Trail

Highway 94, 3 miles south

of Highway 40

• 8.2 miles, walking

• Missouri River, bluff views