Hughes Mountain, MO
Elevation: 1201 feet
Overall elevation gain: 391 feet
Distance: 1.57 miles round trip
Class: 1
Location: south of Potosi, Missouri
Date: July 4, 2013
Hughes Mountain is a 1,201-foot high "mountain" in the St. Francois portion of the Ozarks in eastern Missouri. The area is managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation and has a short trail going from a parking lot to the summit of the mountain for about a 1.5-mile round trip hike.
What makes Hughes Mountain unique is that its summit is a feature called the Devil's Honeycomb, which is a jointed rhyolite outcropping similar in structure to Devil's Tower in Wyoming or Devil's Postpile in California.
The trail up the mountain starts out passing through a meadow for a short distance before entering forest and climbing up the mountain. A short distance in the trail reaches an exposed rock with somewhat of a view. The trail continues on from here passing through both small rocky glades and forest patches before emerging in the large, rocky glade that covers the top of the mountain, including a ways below the summit. Once in this glade the trail can be barely visible, but just follow the most worn-down path and keep gaining elevation. I think that the most interesting part of the area is the summit because it has great views to go along with the Devil's Honeycomb.
I did this hike after hiking Buford Mountain and before going to Bootleg Access.
For more information see my track on AllTrails.
Overall elevation gain: 391 feet
Distance: 1.57 miles round trip
Class: 1
Location: south of Potosi, Missouri
Date: July 4, 2013
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| Looking north from near the summit. The route to the summit comes from this direction. |
Hughes Mountain is a 1,201-foot high "mountain" in the St. Francois portion of the Ozarks in eastern Missouri. The area is managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation and has a short trail going from a parking lot to the summit of the mountain for about a 1.5-mile round trip hike.
What makes Hughes Mountain unique is that its summit is a feature called the Devil's Honeycomb, which is a jointed rhyolite outcropping similar in structure to Devil's Tower in Wyoming or Devil's Postpile in California.
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| The first outcropping that you reach |
The trail up the mountain starts out passing through a meadow for a short distance before entering forest and climbing up the mountain. A short distance in the trail reaches an exposed rock with somewhat of a view. The trail continues on from here passing through both small rocky glades and forest patches before emerging in the large, rocky glade that covers the top of the mountain, including a ways below the summit. Once in this glade the trail can be barely visible, but just follow the most worn-down path and keep gaining elevation. I think that the most interesting part of the area is the summit because it has great views to go along with the Devil's Honeycomb.
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| The view from the summit |
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| The view towards the east from the summit |
I did this hike after hiking Buford Mountain and before going to Bootleg Access.
For more information see my track on AllTrails.
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| The glade below the summit |
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| The beginning of the trail through the meadow |
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