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	Katy Trail State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katy Trail State Park is a state park in Missouri.
		The Katy Trail is anchored on the east by St. Charles, where it runs alongside scenic parks commemorating the city's role in the United States's westward expansion.
		The trail uses the historic MKT miles; as of 2004, the trail begins at mile 39.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katy_Trail_State_Park (824 words)

	Jones-Confluence Point State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jones-Confluence Point State Park is a Missouri state park located on the north side of the Missouri River at its confluence with the Mississippi River across the Missouri from St.
		The park was opened May 9, 2004, and includes 1118 acres (4.5 km²) of shoreline and bottomland.
		Trails are under construction and will eventually connect with the Katy Trail which runs for 225 miles (362 km) across Missouri to the west of the park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jones-Confluence_Point_State_Park (171 words)

	Katy Trail State Park - General Information - Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites, MoDNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Katy Trail State Park is built on the former corridor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railroad (better known as the Katy).
		Today, Katy Trail state park is open for 225 miles from St. Charles to Clinton and is operated by the Department of Natural Resources as part of the state park system.
		The section of trail between St. Charles and Boonville has been designated as an official segment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and the entire trail is part of the American Discovery Trail.
	www.mostateparks.com /katytrail/generalinfo.htm (613 words)

	Katy Trail Adventure - Home Page
		From the moment we begin our journey at the trail’s western terminus in Clinton to the final moments at the landing in St. Charles, we are surrounded and immersed in the rich historical and cultural legacy of this region.
		KATY Rails-to-Trails will trace the early stages of that expedition as it launched from St. Charles and followed the river across the Missouri Territory, ultimately to its headwaters in Montana.
		The KATY also was a vital force in the opening of the west, and its rails were laid along the natural corridor that followed the course of the river.
	fpmoritz1.home.mindspring.com /katy_trail_2002 (522 words)

	St. Louis Independent Media Center – stlimc.org :: Missouri DNR Endangering Katy Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This abandonment has legal implications, since the old railroad corridor that the Katy Trail State Park sits on is presently designated for "interim use," meaning that it must be preserved for the railroad's right of way, should ever the corridor become a rail line again.
		Once the trail is interrupted by private land, it would be very difficult to restore, if not impossible, and the viability of the entire trail as a recreational park would be in danger.
		The Katy Trail State Park stretches for 225 miles from St. Charles to Clinton, and it runs along the Missouri River, through some of the most scenic areas of the state.
	www.stlimc.org /newswire/display/1275/index.php (698 words)

	KATY Trail State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The trail is approximately 51 miles (25.6 miles from Sedalia to Calhoun, then turn and ride back) There are several signs along the way pointing out that bikes and pedestrians yield to horses.
		The trail is a level rail bed which was converted to a trail, shoes not required if horses are used to being barefoot.
		The trail head was fairly easy to find, we came into Sedalia off 50 Highway and there were brown state park signs leading us right to the parking lot at the trail head.
	appy_kc.tripod.com /trails/katytrail.html (201 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Katy Trail State Park at Epinions.com
		Katy Trail State Park is the longest rail-to-trail conversion in the United States.
		Once you leave the shadow of the multi-tiered parking garage of the city's riverboat casino in St. Charles, you begin a transition to the rural atmosphere that envelopes the path almost the whole length of the trail.
		Klondike Park, just off the trail west of Augusta, is a county facility in our area that once served as a quarry.
	www.epinions.com /content_186671074948 (606 words)

	Columbia Missourian - Rallying around Katy Bridge
		Nixon, however, argued the state acquired property interest in the bridge in 1987 with the passage of the Rails to Trails Interim Agreement, which made it part of Katy Trail State Park.
		Nixon has said that the state has a stake in the bridge and that allowing the railroad company to reclaim it could make it easier for other property owners to reclaim land that is now part of Katy Trail State Park.
		Shannon said the Save the Katy Bridge Organization has already raised close to $485,500, which the organization says is enough to develop 900 feet of the north side of the bridge and 3,000 feet of trail approaching the bridge.
	columbiamissourian.com /news/story.php?ID=21955 (1113 words)

	Katy Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Katy Trail is a 225-mile long, flat hiking and biking trail that stretches from St. Charles (near St. Louis) to Clinton (near Kansas City), following the Missouri River valley for much of the way across the center of the state.
		Missouri's Katy Trail State Park is the longest, non-motorized public portion of the entire Lewis and Clark Trail.
		The American Discovery Trail traverses Missouri from St. Louis to Kansas City, using 158 miles of Katy Trail State Park from the Highway 370 Bridge over the Missouri River at St. Charles to Sportsman Road in Boonville at Interstate 70.
	www.rocheport.com /katy_trail.htm (547 words)

	Clip: Katy Trail
		Cycling is by far the most popular way to enjoy the trail, although locals swarm sections in the evenings and weekends on foot, enjoying bird-watching or wildlife viewing.
		Trail highlights include the central section from the scenic old railway tunnel just west of Rocheport to Hartsburg 25 miles southeast.
		A favored way to knock off Katy sections is to make long weekend trips, stopping off in the comfy Bed and Breakfasts tucked into former railtowns spaced 8 to 12 miles neatly along the trail.
	www.naturewriter.net /Clips/HookedKaty.htm (402 words)

	Katy Trail Bed & Breakfast Inn, a Missouri Bed & Breakfast Inn in the Heart of Katy Trail Country. Located in ...
		Katy Trail Bed & Breakfast Inn, a Missouri Bed & Breakfast Inn in the Heart of Katy Trail Country.
		Katy Trail Bed and Bikefest is located in the heart of Mid-Missouri, in Rocheport, along the Katy Trail State Park at mile 178.5.
		The Katy Trail Bed and Bikefest is located approximately 2 hours west of St. Louis, and is less than two hours east of Kansas City.
	www.katytrailbb.com /Rocheport_katy_trail_bed_breakfast_missouri_directions.htm (199 words)

	Discover Mid-America \| Katy Trail State Park
		Today’s Katy Trail State Park extends from Clinton to St. Charles — a distance of 225 miles — and is considered to be America’s longest rails-to-trails project.
		The trail surface, hard-packed crushed limestone, generally is smooth, but users should be prepared for weather damage, including rough surfaces, washouts, downed or fallen trees, rocks, water over the trail, and other factors.
		From St. Charles to Booneville, the Katy Trail is an official segment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
	www.discoverypub.com /feature/2004_06_katytrail.html (1639 words)

	Katy Trail State Park
		Having ridden numerous mountain bike trails from Colorado to Connecticut, I would like to state a common opinion that, regardless of difficulty, a "Mountain Bike Trail" is not a 30' wide flat ex-railbed.
		I have to respond to the few comments that deride the Katy as a bike trail because it is not "challenging or hilly or dangerous" or whatever.
		The trail along that route is very straight lacking the curves and turns I am used to between Jefferson City and Hartsburg.
	www.mtbr.com /trails/Missouri/KatyTrailStatePark.html (3564 words)

	Katy Trail State Park FAQ
		The trail surface is not suitable for inline skating.
		Trailhead parking lots along the equestrian section of the Katy Trail are designed to accommodate horse trailer parking.
		One exception is the St Charles 364 parking lot (not the main St Charles Trailhead), which has a steep 1/4 mile long ramp that some wheelchair users might not want to tackle.
	www.bikekatytrail.com /faq.asp (2693 words)

	Trail Tourism: Promotion of the Katy Trail in Missour, railtrail greenway economic benefits, right-of-way abandoned, ...
		The Katy Trail is part of the American Discovery Trail and a portion of the trail has been officially designated as part of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Trail.
		KATY Central is a cooperative marketing project developed by eight communities along the central corridor of the Katy Trail State Park.
		KATY Central also follows one of the original intents of the Coop Marketing Program which is the creation of regional partnerships that will encourage visitors to stay longer and spend more money in the state.
	www.americantrails.org /resources/economics/KatyTourism.html (2526 words)

	Katy Trail Guidebook Excerpts
		Though Katy Trail enthusiasts were first met by stiff opposition from many landowners who felt the deeded railroad land should be returned to them, trail proponents eventually won out.
		By contrast, the Katy Trail is nestled in rural seclusion, allowing hikers and bikers to travel through some of the most scenic areas of Missouri.
		Spring bathes the trail in dazzling greens and the trail is showered with flowering dogwoods and redbuds.
	www.pebblepublishing.com /katy_trail_guidebook_excerpts.htm (1384 words)

	Katy Trail State Park - Visual Journey...Missouri
		The Katy Trail State Park in Missouri extends some 238 miles across the state from Clinton to St. Louis.
		The trail is one of the longest rails-to-trails conversion projects in the nation and is operated as a state park by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
		The bluffs along the trail are particularly beautiful, especially in the fall when the trees are quite colorful.
	www.visualjourney.com /mo/Katy.htm (223 words)

	Katy Trail Bicycle Tour
		Then, we discovered the Katy Trail, a 227-mile totally "non-gnarly" rails-to-trails corridor across the state of Missouri that has provided us with some of the most thoroughly enjoyable fun-filled weeks over our past seven seasons.
		Frequently, we are riding this basically hard-pack crushed limestone trail with the Missouri to the right and the rugged, limestone bluffs for which Missouri is famous on our left.
		Katy Rails-to-Trails will trace the early (and final) stages of that expedition as it launched from St. Charles and followed the river across the Missouri Territory, ultimately to its headwaters in Montana, ultimately returning on the Missouri to St. Charles in 1806.
	www.timbertours.com /HL_KT.html (619 words)

	Katy Trail State Park Trail Report \| Katy Trail State Park Trail Review
		At 225 miles (currently) in length, the Katy Trail is the longest developed rail trail in the country.
		The trail is composed of pug (fine packed gravel) but there are a few areas of larger, loose gravel where the trail had recently washed out.
		Several of the towns along the trail have bike rentals, food, lodging, and lots of shops.We recently had the opportunity to ride the full length of the Katy Trail over a five day period.
	www.trails.com /trail_reviews.asp?trailid=BGM005-005 (988 words)

	Information On The Katy Trail
		Cathy Turman is somewhat of an expert on the Katy Trail.
		The Katy Trail is extraordinary because it benefits so many people of differing abilities.
		There are bed and breakfast inn's, as well as camping, along the Katy Trail for those who would like to ride the entire trail.
	www.stlbiking.com /Trail-KatyTrail.htm (656 words)

	KATY TRAIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Katy Trail State Park is built on the former corridor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas(MKT) Railroad
		In 1991, the Union Pacific Railroad donated to the state an additional 33 miles of rail corridor from Sedalia to Clinton.
		Today, Katy Trail State Park is the largest rails-to-trails project in the nation stretching 225 miles from Clinton to St. Charles and is operated by the Department of Natural Resources.
	www.chamberofclinton.org /KatyTrail.htm (210 words)

	AAA Traveler - Katy Trail calls to artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Katy Trail State Park, which runs through 225 miles of rolling farmland and hugs the base of imposing cliffs along the Missouri River, not only draws cyclists and hikers, it inspires artists.
		The Katy Trail winds through Sedalia, which began as a frontier town in 1860 and boomed when the Pacific Railroad arrived a year later.
		Missouri's state capitol in Jefferson City, in addition to being architecturally interesting, is a showcase for stained glass, murals, carvings and statuary.
	www.ouraaa.com /traveler/0309/fea_inspire_m.html (1332 words)

	Katy Trail State Park - Boonville, MO, 65233 - Citysearch
		A rails-to-trails state park on the bends of the Missouri River.
		Katy Trail State Park is built on what used to be the Missouri-Kansas Railroad (aka the Katy).
		Today the Katy Trail is 225 miles long and, for most of its miles, follows the bends of the Missouri River.
	www.citysearch.com /profile/11511682 (309 words)

	Missouri Bicycle News :: Open House Oct 7 for mideast section of Katy Trail :: Missouri Bicycle Federation
		at Katy Trail State Park's trailhead at Dutzow.
		Staff from Graham Cave State Park, which oversees maintenance of this section of Katy Trail State Park, will be on hand to answer questions concerning the park and current operating plans.
		Katy Trail State Park's Dutzow trailhead is located off of Highway 94 in Dutzow.
	mobikefed.org /2006/09/open-house-oct-7-for-mideast-section.php (380 words)

	Attorney General Sues to Halt Removal of MKT Bridge at Boonville
		In order to invoke the protection of railbanking, the state agreed to maintain the integrity of the railroad right-of-way so it could be used for a railroad again if the need were to arise sometime in the future.
		Behind this drama lies an issue of great concern to trail supporters, the issue that led to the resignation of 28-year MDNR veteran Ron Kucera on May 6 after Childers indicated his intention to surrender the state’s interest: removal of the bridge may sever a portion of the railbanked corridor from the interstate rail system.
		Bridge enthusiasts including Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman, who headed the statewide campaign for the Katy Trail, are seeking independent estimates of feasibility and costs for a multi-phase project that might begin with protection of the bridge and access partway out from the north end, all the way to passage across the central lift span.
	missouri.sierraclub.org /SierranOnline/2005/10/katy-bridge.html (1204 words)

	Katy Trail Maps, Towns, Events, Mileage, and more
		The Katy Trail is a 225 mile (365 km) bike path stretching across most of the state of Missouri.
		On October 30, 2006, the St Louis Post Dispatch published a story stating that all involved parties are nearing an agreement on finishing the trail to Machens.
		There may be legal steps the state could take to allow the bridge to be physically removed while allowing the trail corridor over the river at the point to be retained as a legal entity.
	www.bikekatytrail.com (1619 words)

	Katy Trail Guidebook
		Missouri’s 225-mile long Katy Trail is the perfect place to slow the sway of your inner pendulum, atune your slower groove and practice an appreciation of nature seldom seen on the Discovery channel.
		The longest rails-to-trails conversions in the United States, the Katy Trail meanders beside the Missouri River and towering limestone bluffs.
		The Katy Trail is also the longest public, non-motorized portion of the entire Lewis and Clark Trail.
	www.pebblepublishing.com /complete_katy_trail_guidebook.htm (912 words)

	The Katy Trail State Park · LordKingSquirrel.com
		One of those things is the Eastern trailhead of the Katy Trail State Park.
		When the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (aka the “Katy”) decided to cease operation on its route from Machens, MO (in St. Charles County) to Sedalia, MO in 1986, some folks had an idea to turn that right-of-way into a nearly 200 mile recreational trail.
		The section of the trail from St. Charles to Booneville (think Daniel Boone) is part of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
	lordkingsquirrel.com /2006/06/19/the-katy-trail-state-park (265 words)

	magazineUSA.com \| Missouri \| Katy Trail
		Although the trail’s scenery changes often, the hard-packed gravel trail remains fairly level and constant as it meanders through the countryside.
		A trip along the trail affords views of Missouri’s diverse landscapes—from sandstone and limestone bluffs, dense forests and pristine river views, to wetlands, gently rolling farm fields and remnant prairies.
		The section of trail between St. Charles and Boonville has been designated as an official segment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and markers designate campsites and landmarks noted in the Corps of Discovery journals.
	www.magazineusa.com /us/states/show.aspx?state=mo&doc=11 (677 words)

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