Guides
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Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 4: Glasgow to Franklin Island
Downstream from Glasgow, the Missouri keeps unspooling toward home — and this stretch is the one where the MR340 course finally starts feeling like ours.…
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The Brainless Blob on Your Tree: What’s That Slime Mold in Town?
If you’ve walked past a tree stump or a pile of mulch around town this summer and seen something that looks like scrambled eggs —…
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Katy Trail Conditions: What to Know Before You Ride
The Katy Trail through Rocheport is in solid shape heading into summer, but there are a few things worth knowing before you set out. The…
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Tick season on the Katy Trail: what a Rocheport hiker should know
If you are heading out on the Katy Trail this month, you are walking straight through tick country. Rocheport sits where the trail runs along…
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Through the Bluff: The Rocheport Tunnel and the Pictographs It Erased
Just west of Rocheport, the Katy Trail does something it does nowhere else along its 240 miles: it goes straight into the bluff. For a…
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Fall in Rocheport: Leaf-Peeping on the Katy Trail and Harvest at Les Bourgeois
Come in October, when the bluffs turn gold, the Katy Trail runs cool through the tunnel, and Les Bourgeois is deep in harvest season. Here's…
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The Katy Trail at Rocheport: Trailhead, Tunnel, and What to Know Before You Ride
Everything to know before you ride: where the Rocheport trailhead is, what the tunnel is really like, how the crushed-limestone surface rides, and what to…
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Your Guide to a Perfect Rocheport Weekend
Two days on the Katy Trail, river bluffs, and small-town charm. Here's how to do Rocheport right.
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Understanding the Missouri River Gauge at Boonville
A plain-language guide to the Missouri River gauge at Boonville — what stage height actually means, where flood stage kicks in, and how to tell…
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Rocheport: The Katy Trail’s Perfect Trail Town
Rocheport delivers the full Katy Trail experience — a dramatic limestone tunnel, Missouri River bluffs, a beloved trailside cafe, and charming B&Bs — all in…
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