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Katy Trail / Rock Island Trail Trip Planner
Machens to Clinton

Your trip planner will list businesses, services, and mileages for the section of the trail that you wish to ride.

1. Select the route to use for distance measurements:

Route:

Katy Trail and Rock Island Trail without detours
Use official Rocheport detour
Use unofficial Rocheport detour

2. Choose your starting town and ending (or turn-around) town:

Starting town:

Ending town:

3. Check the Include round trip mileage box if you're doing a round trip ("out and back") ride, rather than a one way (point-to-point) ride:

Include round trip mileage

4. Click on the icons below to highlight the types of businesses/services you wish to include:

[ Select All Businesses / Services ]

[ UNselect All Businesses / Services ]

Restaurant

Grocery

Vending

Lodging

Camping

Bike Shop

Repair Station

ATM

Parking

Library

Visitor Info

Restroom

Water

Point of Interest

Souvenirs/gifts

Playground

Winery / Brewery

Casino

Farm Stand

Hospital

Laundry

Train Station

Shuttle

Tour Organizer

5. Click the blue Refresh Trip Planner button to build your list of services:

click below to mark your favorites

Service / Business

Distance
along Trail
from Start

Mile
Marker

Approx Distance
from Trail to
Business/Svc

Address / Phone

Favorite

Starting point

26.9

Machens

The Independent Tourist

[not yet mapped]

170

Columbia
573-876-1212
866-269-9913

Crossroads Bike Tours

12.7 miles

39.5

St Charles
314-656-6229

Noble Invention Bike Touring

12.7 miles

39.5

St Charles
844-424-5342

Notes:
1. The Mile Marker column uses the old railroad mile marker system, and matches the mile marker signs you'll see on the trail. But your actual mileage, as seen in the Distance along Trail column, will not always match the Mile Marker column because the trail does not always precisely follow the old railroad route.

2. Since

Tour Organizers generally serve the entire trail, they might not be associated with any particular town - or might be located outside of your planned route. In these cases, they are included at the end of the list, after the end point

3. The distance measurements begin at the trailhead of Machens and end at the trailhead of Clinton, but you may see some businesses listed beyond the trailheads of these towns. We try to list all the types of businesses you requested at all towns along your route, even if you would have to travel beyond the starting or ending trailhead to get there.

What's missing? If you know of a service along the trail that's missing from our database, please let us know.

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