In 1986 a resident of Eldon, Missouri, called the newly created Rails to Trails Conservancy to ask what it would take to turn ...

Cancel anytime. A 144-mile stretch of the former Rock Island rail line is set to be transferred to the state by the end of 2017 for eventual use as a bike trail, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said at a ...

It is connected to the larger state-maintained Rock Island Trail, which extends northwest another 26 miles from Alta to Toulon. The trail is named after the now-defunct railroad that once ran ...

A major milestone in extending the Rock Island Trail into central and eastern Missouri is quickly approaching.