M.K.T. Trail

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M.K.T. Trail
Length 8.9 miles (14.3 km)
Location Missouri, United States
Trailheads Flat Branch Park
Hindman Junction
Use Hiking, Cycling,
Elevation Change negligible
Highest Point Downtown Columbia
Lowest Point McBaine Bottoms
Trail Difficulty Easy
Season All
Hazards Severe weather
Poison Ivy

The M.K.T. Trail is a recreational rail trail in Columbia, Missouri, that runs nine miles in the right-of-way of the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. It is a spur of the longest rail-trail in the United States, the Katy Trail. It is open for use by hikers, joggers, and cyclists year-round, from sunrise to sunset. The trail is made up of "limestone pug" creating a hard flat surface. The trail follows Flat Branch Creek and Hinkson Creek for much of their distance and is part of a larger system of ped-ways in the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Area.

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