Waterfall Hikes Near St. Louis, MO

St. Louis occupies the broad Mississippi River floodplain where limestone and sandstone bluffs, river terraces and pocket ravines rise abruptly from urban parkland and remnant hardwood forests. Waterfall hiking here is limited to a single moderate trail that drops into a wooded ravine and requires short rock scrambles through karst-influenced bluffs and spring-fed runoff; the appeal for hikers is the sudden shift from dense cityscape to sheltered, geology-rich riverine terrain.