Best Western Plus in Washington
JPHill from Arizona on 10/10/2025 08:01 PM:
Highly encourage anyone staying here to plan your route in advance. Hotel is not 3 miles from trail. At best it is better than 5 miles. Google Maps sent me on a 10 mile tour of the community.
Hotel is quite noisy with guests. Laundry facilities a plus.
CurtM from Farmington AR on 10/14/2025 10:31 AM:
The best way to get to the Washington Best Western is after entering town on the Hwy 47 bridge, stay on 47 until 3rd St, then turn left (east) and follow 3rd St east until it loops south and joins with 5th St. You could actually turn south on any street along 3rd and intersect with 5th. It's a great run until the last half mile or so; quite a hill up to the Best Western. It's a busy hotel but is bike-friendly (at least it was) and was a great place to stay. The only drawback is that it's pretty far from the Amtrak Station and some pretty good places to eat. There are places to stay closer to the Amtrak Station (west on 3rd until Elm, then turn right (north) to Front St. It would be nice to be able to intersect with the Riverfront Trail from the bridge, but there doesn't seem to be a good way to do that.
Safe route into Washington from Dutzow
Anonymous on 09/24/2023 08:20 AM:
Heading West to East, if you're looking to shorten a day's ride, you might consider an overnight in Washington. A safe route from the Katy Trail is approx. 4 miles (plus any add'l miles from the MO River to your destination in WA). Take Augusta Bottom Road (ABR), which is located +/- halfway between Dutzow and Augusta. It'll be a paved road just before a little wooden inclined bridge on the trail. At the time of this writing, there is no sign indicating ABR. Heading from west to east, turn right on ABR: ~1 mile is presently paved; ~3 miles is grated very rough gravel. It is extremely rough and jarring. It'll end at Hwy 47. Cross the 47 and go left for < 1/4 mile to cross the MO River. There is a pedestrian/bike path on the right of the bridge. I stayed at Best Western Plus on 5th Street (add an add'l 2 miles). WA is hilly. IMO, it's safer to take 5th Street to the hotel--as one can always walk the bike up the hill--rather than taking routes including Hwy 100. Hwy 100 also has a considerable incline AND much more fast traffic.
Best Western Plus in Washington
Joel on 10/28/2021 06:35 PM:
Actual mileage from the trail is 6 miles from the dutzow trailhead. The shoulders are wide enough to bike.