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# Hiking America Update
- URL: https://www.hikingamerica.com/the-adt-guide-update/
- Published: 2021-12-18T14:54:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T13:29:17.000Z
- Description: This month we have completed our full upgrade of maps, hiker notes, and additional Gaia GPS waypoints for a 205.62-mile section of the American Discovery Trail that follows Missouri's famous KATY Trail.
- Author: John Wesley Brett
- Tags: Missouri, Maryland

### December 18, 2021

This month we have completed our full upgrade of maps, hiker notes, and additional Gaia GPS waypoints for a 205.62-mile section of the **American Discovery Trail** that follows Missouri's famous **KATY Trail**. Updates for the Windsor to Jefferson City segments were completed in November.

- [**Missouri Segment 5 - KATY Trail - Jefferson City to Treloar**](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-missouri/)  
\+ Corrected mileage on maps.
- [**Missouri Segment 6 - KATY Trail - Treloar to the Veterans Memorial Bridge**](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-missouri/)  
\+ Extensive hiker notes added on services  
\+ Increased map resolution to \~2mi per page

### Other Updates

- [**Maryland Segment 5 - Greenbelt to Annapolis (Chesapeake Bay Bridge)**](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-maryland/)  
\+ Added extensive hiker notes to the directions.  
\+ Track updated in Gaia GPS to replace a corrupted GPX file.

## Happy Holidays!

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## This Week Along The ADT –

> 18.7" of [#snow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/snow?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com) over the last 24 hours for our official 8am measurement. That takes our 48 hour total to 23.5" and it is still DUMPING outside!  
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> We took this video while doing our morning measurements and, clearly, we've hit some of the peak rates.[#CAwx](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com) [#CAwater](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwater?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com) [pic.twitter.com/7E3TumPb3w](https://t.co/7E3TumPb3w?ref=hikingamerica.com)
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> — UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (@UCB\_CSSL) [December 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/UCB%5FCSSL/status/1470432349510717440?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com)

****Fun Fact:** Alex began his American Discovery Trail Journey ****One Year Ago** this ****Tuesday, December 21st**! Still going!

[‘A giant in southern Illinois’: Region mourns the passing of John O’Dell, founder of the River To River TrailJohn O’Dell, the founder of the famed River To River Trail that crosses the heart of southern Illinois from the Ohio to the Mississippi rivers, died Nov. 9 in Avon, Indiana.Du Quoin Evening CallRenee Trappe![](https://www.duquoin.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/IO/20211114/NEWS/211119982/AR/0/AR-211119982.jpg&updated=202112101504&imageversion=Facebook&exactH=630&exactW=1200&exactfit=crop&noborder)](https://www.duquoin.com/article/20211114/news/211119982/?ref=hikingamerica.com)

> Good thing these views are available 7 days a week. [#ShareGJ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShareGJ?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com)  
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> P: [@doris](https://twitter.com/Doris?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com).ford [pic.twitter.com/pEnFXZXRFb](https://t.co/pEnFXZXRFb?ref=hikingamerica.com)
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> — Visit Grand Junction (@VisitGJ) [December 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/VisitGJ/status/1470232635708297216?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hikingamerica.com)

### And Coming Soon...

[America on Two Feet – Daily Bulldog![](https://dailybulldog.com/favicon.ico)Franklin County's First NewsBriana DeSanctis![](https://dailybulldog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/3-2.jpeg)](https://dailybulldog.com/features/america-on-two-feet-2/?ref=hikingamerica.com)

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