Central Missouri / Missouri River Corridor
The Katy Trail meets the Missouri River at McBaine
Boone County connects to the statewide Katy Trail near the Missouri River, with a local MKT spur from Columbia, useful for recreation and as river-bottom geography.
At McBaine, the Katy Trail is not just a bike route. It is a Missouri River bottomland clue.
The statewide rail-trail reaches Boone County near the river, and Columbia connects to it through the local MKT Trail spur. That makes McBaine a useful local name for riders, walkers, and anyone trying to understand how Columbia meets the river corridor.
The trail also helps explain the landscape. It runs through floodplain country, where farmland, trailheads, low roads, and the McBaine Big Tree sit closer to the river’s reach than they may look on a simple map.
Use Missouri State Parks for trailheads, access, closures, and current conditions. Use flood and road sources when the river is high.
References
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Last checked against the sources above: June 15, 2026.