Country Inn & Suites On Historic Main Street

Second time staying when setting off to ride to Columbia on the Katy. Highly recommend! Bikes can go in the room. Trail is very close by. Restaurants and places to wander. I wanted to get a beer just as a storm was setting in (hail the size of golf balls, I kid you not), and called a Lyft. No problem! Also, I did take an Uber XL to get here with my bike and panniers. Also, easy to get food delivered here if you don't feel like going out. Rooms are wonderful!!

We are planning to drive . . Is there a shuttle from here to Rock island trail ? Also is there a safe place to leave my car?

Call the Bike Stop Cafe in St. Charles, they provide shuttle services.
We stayed at the Country Inn and Suites, great hotel. Short walk to the BSC.

Key security idea: Some of you have discussed or considered parking your vehicle and shuttling back to it with your bike versus having a company drive YOUR vehicle to the opposite end of the trail where it will wait for you upon arrival/completing the trial. In 2021 I rode the Katy but began in Kansas, rode all the way to Illinois and back into Missouri, finishing at Gateway Arch and Busch Stadium. I took the Amtrak back to KC, so moving a car wasn’t an issue. A few months ago I rode the awesome Mickelson Trail in South Dakota. I only had a few days to ride and didn’t have a support person to pick me up. I considered using a shuttle, but decided I wanted to hire Black Hills Discovery Tours to drive my truck to Edgemont, at the other end of the trail. This is more expensive than the shuttle for a solo rider but would cost about the same as two riders, plus I don’t have to ride the shuttle that two hours back. Remember when considering the cost whether it’s the Katy or the Mick it takes two people to shuttle a vehicle because the driver needs a ride back. Back to key security….i was uneasy about my keys being left hidden in my truck for a day, or longer. I purchased a real estate type key box from amazon for $20. Originally I was going to return it and get my money back but decided to keep it for future trips or if I have someone coming to my house to leave a key. This box has a combination that can be set easily to whatever four digit code I want. To make it easy for Bill at Black Hills Discovery Tours I set the code to the last four digits of his phone number. I then locked the key box to the tie down hook in the bed of my truck, but if you have a hitch receiver or roof rack it could go there, maybe even to a door handle…you get the idea. The box is pretty rugged and would take time, tools and effort to force entry into. Obviously there is some risk of theft with keys inside the box, however people/thugs steal cars by breaking in then damaging the steering column or ignition all the time without keys available.
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Clean, comfortable, reasonably priced bike-friendly hotel right on the trail. Very good breakfast offerings, superb staff. Highly recommended if staying in St. Charles, even if you are not cycling.

This establishment was very bike friendly and (as indicated) was very easy to access from the trail. They put us on the first floor so that we could easily roll loaded bikes into the room. The room was large enough to accommodate bikes and people comfortably. The staff indicated a bike wash station, bike lockers and other bike specific amenities were possible in the near future.

This place is an excellent value! As usual it was very clean and the staff was very helpful!

The hotel is clean and quiet. The value of the hotel was good and they allowed us to keep our bikes in the room. Overall, I was pleased.

Good value for the money. We were too busy riding the trail to make use of the amenities. The room was nice and quiet. Our room overlooked the brick street, but others have a view of the Katy. It was great fun to be able to wake up, hop on our bikes, ride for awhile and be back before breakfast was over. I (Lora) really liked the waffles. :o)

At the end of the long ride, we were pleased to have a great place to spend the night and rest up. Clean and a great cont breakfast. The desk clerks could take a lesson in congeniality, but overall a nice place to wrap up the trip. We even left our bikes outside without a lock - no problem!

They treated us very well. Let us put our bikes in our room and the location can't be beat.

In-door pool and hot tub was a great ending to long ride. Walking distance to Old St. Charles was added advantage.

The Katy is adjacent to this hotel. It is an easy walk to good places to eat. It has a washing maching and dryer to clean your clothes. Our room was confortable and breakfast was good. I'm glad we stayed here.