2017-02-11 38 -90

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Location

The meetup point is deep in the woods off the trail in Magnolia Hollow Conservation Area, a beautiful and heavily wooded piece of public land on dissected bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River north of historic Ste. Genevieve. There is a private inholding that needs to be avoided on the way to & from the meetup point. Consult this PDF map from the Conservation Department.

Plans

I and my wife may shoot for arriving at the meetup point at about 3:00 pm if we follow through on these preliminary plans. (Or at any other time, who knows?)

There will be some bushwhacking involved since the point is well off any trail. After looking at the map and examining the area in QGIS, I think the best route is to start along the access trail that runs south from the northwest corner of the area near where the main road enters the property. About 1.13 miles in, after turning east and dropping about 150 ft, the trail crosses a creek bed. If we leave the trail at that point and head east down the stream for about 0.2 miles it will take us close to the southwest corner of the private inholding. Turning south and going up the hill for about 540 ft should bring us right to the meetup point. Total distance in would be close to 1.5 miles, or 3 miles round trip.

It's entirely possible that we'll decide it's a nice day for a hike, but not that long of a hike. We'll see. -- Kbh3rd (talk) 04:29, 11 February 2017 (UTC)