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 ...

ROCHEPORT, Mo. -- The Katy Trail across Missouri may be the only place a rider can bike 240 miles and never encounter a vehicle. Katy Trail State Park, a rails to trails conversion, stretches between ...

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.

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 ...

Long sections of unused railroad rights of way all over the country have been converted into rural avenues for hiking and biking, and one of the longest and oldest is also one of the most scenic -- ...