A documentary film · September 2026

Home of America’s longest rail-trail.

Missouri built it mile by mile, town by town. This is the film about how it happened, and the map for riding all of it.

The Trail State film poster: red type over layered green canopy and a pale trail running up the middle.

Official poster · thetrailstate.org

The Film Trailer

Forty years ago a flooded rail line could have become 237 miles of fences. Instead Missouri built America’s longest rail-trail.

Nine PBS · Oct 12
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Coming to a screen near you

More dates on the way ★ Bring your bike friends

09SEPTST. LOUISWrap Party · Deer Creek Club6–9 PMInvitation only
11SEPTCOLUMBIAShowing · State Historical Society of Missouri6–8 PMDetails →
22SEPTST. LOUISPremiere · Missouri History Museum5–8 PM
12OCTNINE PBSBroadcast premiere · on air statewide7–8 PMWatch at home
17OCTNEW HAVENShowing · Walt Theatre7–9 PM
07DECMANCHESTERShowing · Edward Jones HQ12–1:30 PMInvitation only
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Full screen map

★ Side Quest ★

Challenge the Katy Trail

237 miles, flat tires, thunderstorms, and pie. Can you make it from St. Charles to Clinton?

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Tell us where to mail it and a Trail State sticker shows up in your mailbox. One run of 1,000. You also get a note when new premiere dates and Trail Stories land.

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The Trail State circular sticker

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Keep it going

The trail exists because people paid for it, cleared it, and fought for it. These are the groups still doing that work.