RIGC-2PS. Amtrak Lee's Summit Station to Rock Island Trail at Pleasant Hill (Paved route, SOUTH)

Rock Island Trail - Greenwood Connector: Paved Route (P) SOUTH from the Amtrak Station in Lee's Summit to the Rock Island Trail in Pleasant Hill.

Compared with the RIGC-2G route, this route is almost all paved - except for one short, relatively smooth & flat gravel segment south of Greenwood. (There is no completely paved route from Lee's Summit to Pleasant Hill that is 100% paved. The short gravel segment on this route should give no trouble to bicycle equipped for a soft-surface trail like the Rock Island.)

The Rock Island/Katy Trail system in Missouri stretches over 300 miles across the state. But there is a short 11-mile gap in the trail between Lee's Summit and Pleasant Hill.

This map has directions for a low-traffic road route to bridge that gap in the southeast direction--specifically, from Pleasant Hill (Rock Island Trail State Park NW terminus) to the Amtrak Station in Lee's Summit.

The route has one convenience store (Caseys in Greenwood - generally open 7am-11pm) and one location where you should be able to find water all year around (Liberty Park in Pleasant Hill). Allendale Lake Park on the south side of Greenwood has restrooms that are generally open in good-weather months.

Greenwood has a few restaurants, as do Lee's Summit and Pleasant Hill.

Camping is available at Longview Lake in Lee's Summit and at Pleasant Hill City Lake. Hotels and a BnB are available in Lee's Summit, and AirBnB lodging in Pleasant Hill.

See details about lodging, food, etc in POI markers on the routes.

More information: mobikefed.org/2019/04/369-miles-connected-trail-across-missouri-new-rock-islandkaty-trail-connections-maps-routes-