🚴 Katy Trail Distance Calculator
Calculate ride distance, travel time, and segment details for Missouri's Katy Trail
| From | To | Miles | Kilometers | Est. Time (12 mph) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machens | St. Charles | 26.5 | 42.6 | 2h 13m |
| St. Charles | Defiance | 10.5 | 16.9 | 53m |
| Defiance | Marthasville | 18 | 29 | 1h 30m |
| Marthasville | New Haven | 9 | 14.5 | 45m |
| New Haven | Hermann | 35 | 56.3 | 2h 55m |
| Hermann | Jefferson City | 44 | 70.8 | 3h 40m |
| Jefferson City | Boonville | 37 | 59.5 | 3h 5m |
| Boonville | Sedalia | 28 | 45.1 | 2h 20m |
| Sedalia | Clinton | 32 | 51.5 | 2h 40m |
| Machens | Clinton (Full) | 240 | 386.2 | 20h 0m |
| Pace Level | Speed (mph) | Speed (kph) | Miles/Hour | Full Trail Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy / Beginner | 8 mph | 12.9 kph | 8 mi | 30 hrs |
| Moderate / Casual | 10 mph | 16.1 kph | 10 mi | 24 hrs |
| Comfortable | 12 mph | 19.3 kph | 12 mi | 20 hrs |
| Fast / Trained | 15 mph | 24.1 kph | 15 mi | 16 hrs |
| Racing | 18 mph | 29 kph | 18 mi | 13.3 hrs |
| Trip Duration | Miles/Day | Km/Day | Suggested Overnight Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Days | 80 mi/day | 128.7 km | Hermann, Jefferson City |
| 4 Days | 60 mi/day | 96.6 km | Hermann, Jeff City, Boonville |
| 5 Days | 48 mi/day | 77.2 km | New Haven, Hermann, Jeff City, Boonville |
| 7 Days | 34 mi/day | 54.7 km | Defiance, New Haven, Hermann, Mokane, Boonville, Sedalia |
| 10 Days | 24 mi/day | 38.6 km | Multiple stops, very relaxed pace |
The distance of a way can vary for various causes according to the kind of the path and the activity of the folk on it. For walkers, runners and bag carriers, know the length is key during planning of a journey or contest.
Long ways usually pass 75 miles and require a set start and finish. Some good samples are the West Highland Way, the Pacific Crest Trail, and the Katy Trail. Some of them stretch very far.
How Long Are Trails?
The Coastal Way of King Charles the Third in England, after ended, will reach around 2700 miles. This project appeared soon after the success of the 870-mile Wales Coastal Way. Another sample is the Long Trail in United States, that the Green Mountain Club built between 1910 and 1930; it stretches about 273 miles through the Green Mountains of Massachusetts to Vermont.
That is the oldest long way in the nation.
There are also paths like the Ozark Trail in Missouri, that now has 230 straight miles that one can extend to full hike. One of them stretches 825 miles, quite a lot to feel it as real full hiking, without giving a whole year for the Triple Crown trail.
The rating of trail legnth is a hard cause. During the middle of the 1980s, many trails of the American Forest Service were measured by means of wheels. The idea is basic: one counts the turns of the wheel, times the ring size, and one gets the distance.
Even so today GPS devices commonly give different results. Three walkers with different GPS guides commonly get a bit different values, including height readings. For instance, one trail shows as 5.7 miles in an app, but over 7 miles on phone and smart watch.
In North America one usually points trail distances by means of miles or kilometers. In Europe one commonly describes them according to the time that a normal walker needs too reach the target.
The daily distance on a trail varies according to the person and the land. A typical walker on the Appalachian Trail requires around 180 days to end, what averages roughly 12.2 miles daily. For the Pacific Crest Trail, finishing a full hike requires about 15 miles a day during six months.
Some tips offer 25 kilometers a day, with a casual longer stage around 30 kilometers, to cover changing land with many rises and drops.
The run on trail brings a new side. Trail running is any run on an unpaved path, done outside in nature. An ultra marathon means to run more than a marathon.
Going from one trail to another is not easy. Time and energy weigh more than simply the length of trails, and it is not usual to compare trail miles with trail miles.
The cities beside long trails sometimes sit several miles away from the main path, from some to more thanten. After 17 miles of hiking, adding yet 6 to 14 to reach a city for supplies is bad.
