Cross Country Skiing Trails in Missouri

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  • Frisco Highline Trail

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 36 miles
    Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt

    The 36-mile Frisco Highline Trail connects Springfield to Bolivar, winding its way through Missouri farm country along an abandoned rail corridor. The 8-mile section from Springfield to the north end of Willard is paved. Continuing north toward ...

  • Grant's Trail

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 8 miles
    Surface: Asphalt

    Only 10 miles from the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the 8-mile Grant's Trail is heavily used for recreation and commuting. The trail was named for the former President Ulysses S. Grant, and like the arch, is a monument to westward expansion—only ...

  • Katy Trail State Park

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 237.7 miles
    Surface: Crushed Stone, Gravel

    The Katy Trail State Park is the nation's longest rail-trail project—nearly 238 miles of scenic trail built especially for walkers and cyclists and stretching from Clinton east to Machens, in St. Charles County. Equestrians are allowed to ...

  • M.K.T. Nature/Fitness Trail (Columbia to McBaine)

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 8.5 miles
    Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Gravel

    The MKT Trail was formerly a spurline of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT). Its abandonment occurred in 1978 at which time the City of Columbia applied for and received a National Rails-to-Trails conversion grant to develop the rail corridor ...

  • Urban Trail (St. Joseph Trail System)

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 14 miles
    Surface: Asphalt, Concrete

    The Urban Trail System in St. Joseph, MO, is a multi-use trail network that links the city from north to south, providing access for cyclists, walkers, joggers, inline skaters and wheelchair users. The trail includes greenways and uses bike-friendly ...

  • Wabash Trace Nature Trail Extension

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 25.6 miles
    Surface: Crushed Stone

    From Southwest Iowa Nature Trails, Inc. website: The Wabash Trace Nature Trail is a converted railroad right-of-way running over 60 miles through the scenic Southwest Iowa countryside from Council Bluffs to Blanchard on the Iowa/Missouri border. ...

  • West Alton Trail

    Rail-Trail

    State: MO
    Length: 2 miles
    Surface: Crushed Stone

    The West Alton Trail occupies the right-of-way of an old railroad bed. It runs for 2 miles between St. Charles Street at US 67 in West Alton and the Lincoln-Shields Recreation Area at the Mississippi River near the William Clark bridge. The ...