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Marvin Taylor Trail

4.0 (1 Rating)
Popular with runners, this well-shaded, wide crushed-rock trail snakes from the west to the east side of Hermann Park.
2.5
mi
Distance
1
ft
Gain
easy
Difficulty

Route Details

Flatter
Steeper
2.49mi
Distance
1ft
Elevation Gain
0ft
Elevation Loss
5%
Max Grade
45ft
High Point
37ft
Low Point
Path Type
Point to Point
Description
From the Hermann Park Conservancy website: "The Marvin Taylor Trail offers runners and walkers a picturesque two-mile path, much of it under the shade of historic live oaks. Renovated in 2011, the former carriage trail now features a decomposed granite surface with concrete curbs, new light poles, and improved drainage. The trail is named for Marvin Taylor, a community leader who helped organize runners and neighbors to clean up Hermann Park. His volunteer group was one of several that joined forces to become the Friends of Hermann Park, now Hermann Park Conservancy." As of March 2023, the west end of the trail ends just south of University Place due to construction of "The Commons" section of Hermann Park. The routing of the Marvin Taylor Trail through this new section is unknown at this time.

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Contributors
Bryan Dotson