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AB from NE Iowa on 02/01/2025 09:45 AM:
Thanks for your suggestions, Gary. We are staying the night in St Charles, then finishing out to Machens and back to Black Walnut TH the next day before heading back to NE Iowa with the KATY experience under out belts! We will probably take your suggestion to get off at the TH in St Charles and work our way back to the hotel.
Ann
Comfort Suites St Charles-St Louis in St Charles
AB from NE Iowa on 01/31/2025 06:08 PM:
Thanks for that information! My bigger concern is there a spur/sidewalk that leads off the trail to the streets to get to that hotel area? In a lot of places the view from Google Maps looks like there is construction, private property, weedy ditches, etc. Has St Charles, or the KATY trail management made an access point in that area?
Thanks
Ann
Gary from Near Tebbetts on 01/31/2025 08:50 PM:
I was just figuring you were ending your ride at the St Charles Trailhead and it’s a small town vibe in that area and taking Main Street from the trailhead area would be less traffic and straight forward ride. Have you tried doing a navigation from the trailhead to your hotel using the bicycle mode of transportation selected and see what it shows you?
Comfort Suites St Charles-St Louis in St Charles
AB from NE Iowa on 01/31/2025 03:40 PM:
Hi,
Wondering how difficult it is to get from the KATY to either the Comfort Inn or Hampton Inn on S 5th? Our 1st Choice, Country Inn right in Old Town does not have rooms for our night. Some Google Street Views seem to show an access from the trail to Main Street, near where the trail goes under I-70. Others, do not. So, I am not sure what I am seeing. There will be riders, two of whom are not comfortable with street riding, so I am hoping we can get to the hotels by walking our bikes on sidewalks to one of these hotels.
Thanks,
AB from NE Iowa
Gary from Near Tebbetts on 01/31/2025 05:42 PM:
I would use Main Street to go to your lodging, 5th street is the main entrance and exit for I70 and can get congested depending on when you go through there.