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Between Rocheport and Huntsdale, the Katy Trail skirts the base of the majestic Manitou Bluffs—towering limestone cliffs shaped by the Missouri River's erosive power. These bluffs hold deep cultural significance, adorned with ancient Native American pictographs and burial mounds atop their heights. Early explorers, including Lewis and Clark, documented these sites in the early 1800s.

Just a few miles east of Rocheport, Missouri, on the Katy Trail, you will find soaring white cliffs consisting of limestone formed at the bottom of a shallow sea about 460 million years ago. Their white color is due to their high quartz content. The cliffs were formed by the erosive power of the Missouri River.

The trail follows scenic Pickle Creek which is a shut-in stream that flows through sandstone bluffs that the stream carved out over its course. Pickle Creek is a clear sandy-bottom creek with boulders, and has persistant flow year-round.

This challenging trail is made up of a North and South loop. It offers scenic highpoints above the forest, bluffs and rock formations, and scenic creeks and streams.

The eastern portion of this trail runs along the East Fort of the Black River which flows through rock formations that form natural water pools and chutes which are called "shut-ins".