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# Update: Missouri Segment 1
- URL: https://www.hikingamerica.com/update-missouri/
- Published: 2021-10-09T11:21:10.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-24T15:30:53.000Z
- Description: The ADT Guide has updated Missouri directions, maps, and hiker notes to include the recently opened Second Phase of the Rock Island Rail Trail on the American Discovery Trail.
- Author: John Wesley Brett
- Tags: Missouri

The ADT Guide has updated **[Missouri Segment 1](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-missouri/)** directions, maps, and hiker notes to include the recently opened Second Phase of the **[Rock Island Rail Trail](https://rockislandtrail.org/?ref=hikingamerica.com)** on the American Discovery Trail. The update also includes 26 new waypoints for services along the segment in the Turn-By-Turn directions and our [**Gaia GPS**](https://www.gaiagps.com/?ref=hikingamerica.com) folders.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2021/10/RITOpening.jpeg)

The first phase of the RIT was completed in June 2019 and was 6.4 miles. The second phase was opened in July 2021 with an additional 7 miles, for a total length of 13.5 miles. 

The Vale Tunnel *(at top)* is lit 24/7 and is one of the centerpieces of the trail between Raystown and Lee's Summit.