A few miles west, Lorrie Smith, 51, works at Katy Bike Rental in Defiance. When she started riding the trail with a friend five years ago, she lost 75 pounds in a year, she said, helping her manage ...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — The Katy Trail State Park is 237.7 miles long and 100 feet wide with a crushed limestone biking and hiking path down the middle. It is likely the skinniest state park in the nation.

Biking 240 miles across Missouri on the Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Hall of Fame Katy Trail is more about “being” than “seeing”. That is, the ride itself is glorious free-wheeling cycling, and when ...

Old memories of an historic railroad remain, but new memories are made daily on foot or by bike along the Katy Trail in the heart of Missouri. Bicycles, tricycles, walkers and runners have replaced ...

Day 3 of our six-day Wilderness Voyageurs Katy Trail bike tour 240-miles across Missouri is the most scenic, most interesting, teasiest ride, and the most dramatic for what we see. The day starts with ...