Trail stops
Twenty‑six stops, mile by mile.
Every official trailhead from Machens to Clinton, with what’s actually there: water, restrooms, camping, the food and wineries within riding distance, and the 360° capture where we have it. East to west, the way the mile markers run.
26
trailheads
free parking at all
Machens
The true eastern terminus
St. Charles
Frontier Park, eastern gateway
Greens Bottom
River bottom farmland
Weldon Spring
Under the Weldon Spring bluffs
Matson
Klondike Park nearby
Augusta
Missouri wine country
Dutzow
Amtrak Washington, 5 mi by road
Marthasville
Daniel Boone's last country
Treloar
Peers store country
McKittrick
Hermann across the Hwy 19 bridge
Portland
Old river landing
Mokane
Frost-free spigot, year round
Tebbetts
Hostel in the old MFA building
North Jefferson
Jefferson City over the river bridge
Hartsburg
Soybean bottoms, Dotty's and Hitt's
McBaine
MKT spur to Columbia joins here
Rocheport
The tunnel, the bluffs, Meriwether Cafe
New Franklin
Head of the Santa Fe Trail
Boonville
Katy bridge and the Boonslick
Pilot Grove
Out of the river valley
Clifton City
Wide-open prairie miles
Sedalia
1896 Katy Depot, state fair town
Green Ridge
High prairie, exposed
Windsor
Rock Island Spur junction
Calhoun
Last stop before Clinton
Clinton
Western terminus, MM 264.6
Trailheads and amenities from the Missouri State Parks trail‑services list. Nearby places refresh nightly from Google Places. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.
