MERAMEC RIVER GREENWAY OZARK TRAIL (Miles 0 - 53)
Plan Prepared by Ben Knox and the Meramec River Recreation Association,
September 15, 1999. Presented for Consideration to the
Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources and the
Ozark Trail Council October, 1999 meeting
The City of Arnold just south of St. Louis on U.S. Interstate highway 55 is closest to the new origination point of the Ozark Trail Head at the confluence of the Mississippi and Meramec Rivers. Castlewood State Park, identified on the 1997 OZT website as the probable eastern trail head, is included in segment 5 of the new plan.
Meramec Greenway Ozark Trail Segments
- Segment 1 -Arnold Meramec Greenway Segment (River Miles 0-6)
- Planned, none built
- Segment 2 -Lower Meramec Segment (River Miles 6-14)
- 1/2 of trail has been completed
- Segment 3 -Fenton/Sunset Hills Segment (River Miles 14-18)
- 1/2 mile at George Winter Park and 4 miles at Fenton Park has been completed
- Segment 4 -Kirkwood/Valley Park Segment (River Miles 18-24)
- 1 mile completed at Simpson Park
- Segment 5 -Castlewood Segment (River Miles 24-30)
- 4 miles of Main Day Use and Cedar Bluffs Units completed
- Segment 6 -Crescent Hills Segment (River Miles 30-35)
- None built
- Segment 7 -Eureka Segment (River Miles 35-40)
- None built
- Segment 8 -Allenton Segment (River Miles 40-47)
- None built
- Segment 9 -Pacific Segment (River Miles 47-53)
- None built
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