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Frontier Park

Katy Trail

7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Katy Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Frontier Park near Saint Charles, MO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi440 – 466 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Katy Trail 38.77372, -90.48417
Nearest town Saint Charles, MO
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Katy Trail

7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 439–465 ft

Out & Back · Frontier Park

Trailhead: Katy Trail · 38.77372, -90.48417

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

Transit-accessible: Main Street and Boone's Lick Road stop 76 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Katy Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 2.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 2.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/katy-trail-out-back-11-km-befb

Trail surface

93% gravel3% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:04 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Main Street and Boone's Lick Road stop 76 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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