From Augusta to Dutzow along Katy Trail State Park is 7.70 miles through a lower Missouri River region shaped by German heritage, winemaking, rail history, and river change. Founded in 1836, Augusta preserves storefronts from its 1890s boom after the Katy Railroad arrived, while much of the town stands up the hill away from the flood-prone Missouri River bottom, and the river itself has shifted away from the town since its founding. The former rail stop of Nona at milepost 69.6 still retains a tin grain elevator and old storefront on private property. Around milepost 71, the river bottom opens toward Washington, and at milepost 73.6 one of the region's many wineries is accessible. German immigrants brought a tradition of winemaking to this "Rhineland" stretch of the Missouri River, whose hills proved suitable for vineyards, and Missouri once ranked second among states in U.S. wine production. From Dutzow, Washington lies four miles away by highways 94 and 47, though the Missouri River bridge has no separate bicycle or pedestrian lane, and Amtrak service there runs west via Jefferson City and Sedalia and east to the St. Louis area.
