Day Hiking East Peewah Loop Trail at Trail of Tears State Park, Missouri

[Shawn]

Trail/Route Name

East Peewah Loop

Date of Hike

07/27/2024

Mileage

4.3

Difficulty Level

Moderate

Trip Rating

4.00 star(s)

Trail Conditions

Easy to follow horse trail, creek crossings, and some of it can be grown up in the summer.

The East Peewah Loop Trail is located at Trail of Tears State Park in Missouri.

This is a hiking and equestrian trail that runs through a wilder area of the park. It's fairly easy to navigate without a map but there are junctions that you need to know which way to go at. I suggest using All Trails or something like that. In the summer, there are mosquitoes in the bottoms, venomous copperhead and timber rattlesnakes, and poison ivy.

Best to hike it during leaf off to really enjoy all the scenic overlooks.

You'll overlook the Mississippi River on this hike.

 

[neidholdt]

I was there only once. It’s a hidden gem.

 

[Shawn]

We really enjoyed it. We wanted to explore the creek more and rockhound in the bottoms, but the mosquitoes were horrible. We plan to visit again during leaf off in the winter so we can experience the creek a littler slower pace than what we did this summer.

 

[neidholdt]

I was passing through and did the quick 1/2 mile nature trail and main focus was the visitor center.