The cache is 10 feet from a gravel trail and it is not wheel chair accessible. The gravel trail parallels part of the paved Fee Fee Greenway. Both ends of the gravel trail connect to the Fee Fee Greenway and the Greenway is needed to access the gravel trail. One end connects to the Greenway near another cache, McKelvey Woods Phase I. The gravel trail runs along Fee Fee Creek. The cache size is small. Please return the cache to the same spot where you found it, and make sure some geoflage is in front of it. Permission to place the cache was obtained from the Maryland Heights Department of Parks and Recreation. There is a picnic table nearby.
This Stump was created when high winds snapped the tree off.
The cache is located in McKelvey Woods. Phase I of this trail was called the McKelvey Woods Trail when it officially opened on April 5th 2014. It began at the Maryland Heights Aquaport, ran 0.8 miles along Fee Fee Creek, and stopped at a creek crossing. On 6-14-18 the Phase II extension of this trail connected Aquaport to Creve Coeur Lake Park for a total distance of 2.7 miles. The Phase I and Phase II trail name was then changed to the Fee Fee Greenway. The surface is either concrete or asphalt. Wheel Chairs, Dogs, Bicycles, and Roller Blades are allowed on the Greenway. Restrooms are nearby at Dogport and the Maryland Heights Community Center. Hours of trail use are from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.
Coordinates are given for the Aquaport Trailhead which begins on the sidewalk. The same coordinates mark the turn into the Aquaport parking lot on McKelvey Road. After you make the turn from McKelvey into the parking lot, make an Immediate Right turn to access the parking lot spaces. The "Do Not Enter" signs refer to the dropoff traffic in front of the Aquaport so that it moves in a Counter Clockwise direction.
Follow the sidewalk North from the Fee Fee Greenway Trailhead Sign a short distance to where the trail descends to Fee Fee Creek. If you prefer a longer walk, you can take the trail from the Creve Coeur Lake Park trailhead which is at the disk golf parking lot (see Creve Coeur Park Trail Head Coordinates).
Sign Marks Aquaport Trailhead, and Turn into Parking Lot
A short walk headed North from there takes you to McKelvey Woods. A reference point is given where the trail leaves the sidewalk.
Trail Leaves Sidewalk , Looking North
McKelvey Woods was part of the 182 acre plantation owned by William McKelvey from 1836 to 1859. It was near the estate of Walter H. Dorsett. Both are familiar names today in Maryland Heights. Mr. McKelvey, like many early settlers in the Maryland Heights area is buried in Fee Fee Cemetery, one of the oldest in the county. The Phase I trail begins by following Fee Fee Creek. A program is in place to revitalize the creek and the wet lands surrounding it. Fee Fee Creek is a tributary to Creve Coeur Creek which flows directly to the Missouri River.
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