Top rated Hiking areas in Cape Girardeau, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Hiking areas in Cape Girardeau

Experience the best that Cape Girardeau has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 13 places from Hiking area category.

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Giant City Nature Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 By the time I reached this trail, it was my fourth one for the day! I was spent but decided to push myself to see what it had to offer. The stone maze here was probably the coolest feature and the reason for its name! I also managed to find several spots with wall anchors for climbing, too.

4.90 (317 reviews) (~43.83 km from centre)

Devil’s Standtable Nature Trail

Hiking area

👍 Cool place. The trails aren't very long here. Still worth checking out. Grab some shoes with good grip because some of these rocks are going to be slippery all year round.

4.80 (191 reviews) (~43.96 km from centre)

Inspiration Point Trailhead

Hiking area

👍👍 This is a quick hike - we're both out of shape and were able to get in and back, plus stop for pictures, in about 20 minutes before the thunderstorm broke loose. The trail is pretty easy, but there are some loose rocks and mud at the end going down to the point which make it a little tricky. The vie...

4.80 (158 reviews) (~32.3 km from centre)

Trillium Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 Awesome trail! Beautiful scenery. Lots of wildflowers and springtime ferns uncurling in the sunshine! Rugged with rocks and some water and mud on the trail.

4.80 (119 reviews) (~45.51 km from centre)

Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center

Conservation department

👍👍 Nice free stop with the kids to learn more about nature and history in SE Missouri. Was too cold to do the lake it trails, but both looked really nice. Lots of hands on exhibits and chances to touch and feel animal skins. A handful of aquarium with snakes, lizards, gosh and frogs. Really nice spot i...

4.80 (104 reviews) (~7.41 km from centre)

Little Grand Canyon

Hiking area

👍👍 Beautiful trail under 4 miles but I would rate this more towards the difficult side than moderate. There are a couple of beautiful overlooks and creek crossings but at around midpoint, the path got too wet and there was an area where we needed to jump down a huge boulder to be able to continue down...

4.70 (301 reviews) (~43.67 km from centre)

Stonefort Nature Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 Sweet little trail along a rock creek and around the bluff. Easy to park here or down the road and enjoy a few of the trails.

4.70 (120 reviews) (~45.74 km from centre)

Cove Hollow Trailhead

Hiking area

👍👍 Much cleaner now. So close to town but so wild

4.70 (99 reviews) (~42.63 km from centre)

Panther Den Trailhead

Hiking area

👍👍 Amazing rock formation worth the hike. It took 45 minutes to get to the great view. Experienced hikers may make much better time.

4.70 (81 reviews) (~49.18 km from centre)

Giant City State Park Lodge & Restaurant

American restaurant

Rustic lodged dating from the 1930s and featuring woodsy cabins, a country-style restaurant & a bar.

4.60 (2.3K reviews) (~43.93 km from centre)

Cape Woods Conservation Area

Park

👍👍 Wonderful place for a nice walk or bike ride!

4.60 (159 reviews) (~5.04 km from centre)

Indian Creek Trail

Hiking area

👍 This is a short 3/4 mile trail that takes about 30 minutes without stopping. Indian Creek winds through the trail and under a few bridges. You will see beautiful rock formations near one end of the trail. If you’re looking for an easy trail with cool rocks this is it.

4.60 (45 reviews) (~44.58 km from centre)

Red Cedar Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 Recommended. I did this trail with a buddy and camped overnight at the halfway point ($8, I think, but consider a donation). The scenery is great and the trail is clean and well-maintained. Blazes mark the trail well but pay attention, there are horse trails and the river-to-river trail that interse...

4.60 (36 reviews) (~45.55 km from centre)

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Top rated Hiking areas in Cape Girardeau, United States