St. Louis: Grant's Trail
Introduce the kids to mass transit, then hike to President Grant's Farm (zebras, horses) on this gentle 6.4-miler.
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Mapped by Bill Yearout
Trail Facts
- Distance: 5.2
Waypoints
GRT001
Location: 38.5235595703125, -90.3188705444336
Follow Grant’s Trail, an old RR bed, as it heads NW from Union Rd.
GRT002
Location: 38.5251197814941, -90.3199234008789
Walk past small parking area on L, then continue NW on trail bordered by open fields on R and woods on L
GRT003
Location: 38.5296287536621, -90.3245086669922
Trail winds W and passes under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway overpass
GRT004
Location: 38.5304985046387, -90.33056640625
Continue straight @ 3-way, heading W; paved trails on L lead through shady woods to the banks of Gravois Creek
GRT005
Location: 38.5333709716797, -90.3392868041992
Stay straight on Grant’s Trail @ 4-way; pass Clydesdale County Park on L
GRT006
Location: 38.5425682067871, -90.3452377319336
Trail parallels baseball fields as it winds NW
GRT007
Location: 38.5470390319824, -90.3475036621094
Cross Gravois Rd.; pick up trail on other side of road
GRT008
Location: 38.5509300231934, -90.3527069091797
Turn L @ 4-way into Grant’s Farm, where you’ll find zebras and cows. Return to WPT 8; turn L. Optional: Straight @ 4-way to visit White Haven, the house where President Grant lived before the Civil War
GRT009
Location: 38.5514488220215, -90.3534164428711
Continue straight past expansive parking lot
GRT010
Location: 38.5529098510742, -90.3557434082031
See the century-old home of the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales; retrace route