Round House Loop Trail
- 2.6 mi
- loop
- 327 ft
- climb
- 841 ft
- high point
- Loop
- route
- Mar–Apr, Sep–Nov
- best months
The Round House Loop Trail is a 2.6-mile loop in Missouri, about 1.2 miles from Camp Wyman. The route is rated easy and gains about 327 feet of elevation. The climb is back-loaded, with the steepest stretch at 1.5 miles in, where the grade reaches 16 percent. The high point is 841 feet, and the low is 526 feet. The trail works for hikers, riders and horseback travelers. Bicycles and horses are both allowed. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in St. Louis show May highs around 77°F and October highs around 69°F. That station sits well below the trail, so temperatures on the loop run cooler. The trip takes about an hour. Fox Run Trail is just 0.3 miles away, and Fox Creek Spur and Greenrock Trail are each about 1.4 miles off. Rockwoods Reservation, a climbing area, is about 3.4 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Edwardsville YMCA45 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Fox Run TrailHiking0.3 mi
Fox Creek SpurHikingPhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.4 mi- Greenrock TrailHikingPhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.4 mi
EM: Rockwoods ReservationRock climbingPhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.4 mi- Colony wallRock climbing3.5 mi
- EM: Al Foster BoulderRock climbing4 mi
Bonhomme CreekCanoeingPhoto: Palisades1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)8.4 mi- Meramec RiverRiver fishing9.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Fox Creek SpurHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Green Rock TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Lost Valley TrailHiking · ~18 min drive
- Greenrock TrailHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Rock Quarry TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Outer Loop TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: Photographs of Things, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Labarque Hills TrailHiking · ~10 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Inner Loop TrailHiking · ~9 min drivePhoto: Photographs of Things, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Stinging Nettle TrailHiking · ~11 min drivePhoto: monamaynard, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- South Loop TrailHiking · ~9 min drivePhoto: Photographs of Things, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Best time to visit Round House Loop Trail
Best months: March–April and September–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
41° / 22°
8 wet
Feb
47° / 26°
8 wet
Mar
57° / 34°
11 wet
Apr
68° / 44°
12 wet
May
77° / 55°
13 wet
Jun
86° / 64°
11 wet
Jul
89° / 68°
9 wet
Aug
88° / 66°
9 wet
Sep
81° / 56°
9 wet
Oct
69° / 45°
10 wet
Nov
56° / 34°
9 wet
Dec
45° / 26°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at St Louis Sprt Of S L Ap, MO, 9.5 mi away at 462 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
