Blue River Rail-Trail:
Kansas
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Description:
The Blue River Rail-Trail meanders along the course of the Big Blue River, in places meeting the water's edge and in other places straying from its banks. The rail-trail stretches between Marysville and Oketo, and there are plans to extend it farther north of Oketo to the Kansas–Nebraska state line. The trail passes among farmland and includes pleasant river views, wooded stretches, a covered bridge and limestone cliffs.

On the Marysville end, the 2-mile section between Jayhawk Road and Harvest Road is paved. Between Harvest Road and Frontier Road, a 2.9-mile segment, the surface is crushed limestone. Here you'll encounter a canyon with 20-foot walls and a bridge offering more scenic views of the cliffs and roiling tributary of the Big Blue River.

Between Frontier Road and Deer Trail Road (in the farming village of Marietta) the trail is about 2.3 miles of unimproved surface and crosses a restored trestle with a steel-grid walkway. The remaining 1.5 miles to Oketo also has an unfinished surface.

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Parking & Trail Access:
To access the Blue River Rail-Trail, you can park at the following locations where the trail intersects the roads:

*Jayhawk Rd. & Harvest Rd. in Marysville
*Frontier Rd. in Hull
*Deer Trail Rd. in Marietta
*Mill St. in Oketo

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