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The Katy Trail State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Missouri that contains the Katy Trail, the country's longest continuous recreational rail trail. [1] It runs 240 miles (390 km), largely along the northern bank of the Missouri River, in the right-of-way of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. [2]
22 paź 2024 · Stretching 237 miles across the mid-section of Missouri, the Katy Trail is built on the former corridor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (often called the MKT or Katy). The mostly level, crushed-limestone trail connects Machens, located near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and Clinton, a stone’s throw from Truman Lake.
Hiking Hardened Surface Biking . Katy Trail. Equestrian Accessible . Blazes: Red . Class: Multi-sec. Surface Type: Gravel. Trail Rating: Easy. Estimated Hiking Time: 119 Hours, 46 Minutes. Trailhead & GPS Location: Machens Trailhead; 38.90344, -90.33138. St. Charles Trailhead; 38.77313, -90.48389.
The MKT Nature and Fitness Trail is a recreational rail trail in Columbia, Missouri, that runs nine miles (14 km) in the right-of-way of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. Developed from 1982 onward, it is a spur of the longest rail trail in the United States, the Katy Trail.
As the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway, the Katy was projected deep into Texas in 1878. By 1888, it reached deep into Texas also extending the Sedalia, Missouri line to Hannibal. By 1900, the Katy got a line from Kansas City to Parsons.
The signature run accessible from downtown Dallas is the Katy trail, a paved multi-use path that runs northeast for 3.5 milesbetween the American Airlines Center downtown and Southern Methodist University at McKinney Ave./Airline Rd., along the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad path.
The park, built on the former corridor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT or Katy), is 240 miles long and runs between Clinton and Machens with 26 trailheads and four fully restored railroad depots along the way.
