American Discovery Trail American Discovery Trail American Discovery Trail
Trail Directory
Contact Us
Site Map
Home

Join Now!

Missouri
St. Louis to St. Charles

After crossing the Mississippi River into St. Louis on the Eads Bridge with its new pedestrian walkway, the ADT immediately enters the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which houses the Museum of Westward Expansion and is the site of the 630-foot-high Gateway Arch. The route then follows city sidewalks in an urban environment to Forest Park and crosses the Missouri River on the Discovery Bridge at St. Charles. Originally known as Les Petites Cotes (the little hills) by the French, then San Carlos by the Spanish, the town became St. Charles in 1804.

Codes for type of trail along route:Codes for services along route:
P=Paved road w/shoulder R=paved road no/shoulder C=camping PC=primitive campsite
T=Trail-hiking only B=Trail allows bicycles BB=bed & breakfast zipcode=post office
H=Trail allows horses S=Sidewalk L=lodging M=meals
G=Gravel or dirt road G=groceries B=bike shop
  W=water CO=country road


CUMULATIVE MILES CODE DESCRIPTION EAST TO WEST
  USE ADT DETAIL & ST LOUIS DETAIL OF STATE HIGHWAY MAP
0 ILLINOIS LINE, EADS BRIDGE. EXIT METRO & HEAD S ON COMMERCIAL ST TO GATEWAY ARCH.
0.6 GATEWAY ARCH
0.8 JUNCTION GATEWAY ARCH & MARKET ST, HEAD WEST ON MARKET
3 AT JUNCTION WITH COMPTON, MARKET BECOMES FOREST PARK
3.4 JUNCTION FOREST PARK & GRAND AVE, TURN RIGHT
3.6 JUNCTION GRAND AVE & PINE BLVD, TURN LEFT
5.5 JUNCTION PINE & GRAND DR IN FOREST PARK. TAKE BIKE TRAILS THROUGH PARK. STAY AT N EDGE OF PARK AND HEAD STRAIGHT W AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. EXIT PARK ONTO WYDOWN BLVD.
7.7 JUNCTION PARK TRAILS & WYDOWN BLVD
9.6 JUNCTION WYDOWN BLVD & HANLEY RD, TURN RIGHT
10.1 JUNCTION HANLEY & FORSYTHE RD, TURN LEFT. FORSYTHE JOINS WITH MARYLAND RD & GOES W.
10.7 JUNCTION FORSYTHE & MARYLAND, BEAR L (W)
11  MARYLAND BECOMES LADUE RD, KEEP HEADING W
14.3 LADUE CROSSES LINDBERGH R
18.5 JUNCTION LADUE & N MASON RD, TURN RIGHT (N)
19.1 N MASON TURNS R AT JUNCTION WITH MUIRFIELD LN
19.5 N MASON TURNS L AT JUNCTION WITH HIBLER RD
20.6 JUNCTION N MASON & OLIVE RD, TURN LEFT. NOTE: MANY SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA.
21 JUNCTION OLIVE & FEE FEE RD, TURN RIGHT
22.2 JUNCTION FEE FEE RD & BENNINGTON PL, TURN LEFT
22.7 JUNCTION BENNINGTON PL & BASSTON DR, TURN LEFT
23 JUNCTION BASSTON DR & MARINE AVE, TURN LEFT
25.4 JUNCTION MARINE AVE & CREVE COEUR MILL RD, TURN RIGHT
26.6 JUNCTION CREVE COEUR MILL & EARTH CITY FREEWAY, TURN LEFT. CAUTION: BUSY 4 LANE RD, RIDE OR WALK CAREFULLY.
29.9 JUNCTION EARTH CITY FWY & ST CHARLES ROCK RD, TURN LEFT
30.6 JUNCTION ST CHARLES ROCK & MISSOURI BOTTOM RD, TURN RIGHT
31.8 JUNCTION MISSOURI BOTTOM RD & MO 370, TURN LEFT. CROSS MISSOURI RIVER ON DISCOVERY BRIDGE - MO 370
32.4 TAKE BIKE PATH AT BOTTOM OF BRIDGE ONTO KATY TRAIL WHICH PASSES UNDER BRIDGE, TURN EAST TO ST. CHARLES
  End of Segment 1

 
    Close this window to return to the main page.



For more information about the ADT Society, please email us at .

For membership inquiries, please email us at membership@discoverytrail.org.

© Copyright 2001-08, American Discovery Trail Society. All rights reserved.