The TransAm Eastern Express - Westbound Map Set #23 Watkins Mill State Park, MO to Atchison, KS 66.0 Miles / Cumulative Climbing: 2,955 PART #1 WATKINS MILL STATE PARK TO PARADISE, MO PARADISE CYCLING NARRATIVE: 0.0 Leaving the campground area of Watkins Mill State Park, T/L onto the park s main road 0.4 T/R onto NE 161 st Street/Jesse James Farm Road 4.3 B/R to stay on Jesses James Farm Rd. 4.8 Road curves left and becomes R Hall Rd. 5.8 T/R onto East 8 th Avenue, then T/L onto Jesse Street and ride through a residential neighborhood 6.2 T/R onto N. Jefferson Street/SR 32 6.8 T/L onto NE 162 Street/Arley Road 10.0 B/R onto Bauman Road 10.2 B/L onto NE 164 Street 11.8 T/R onto Francis Road 12.0 Route becomes NE 166 th Street 12.5 Route turns right & becomes Eissler Rd. 12.8 Route curves left & becomes NE 168 St. 14.5 T/R onto Campbranch Rd./Collins Rd. 15.5 Cross a bridge over Smithville Lake 15.9 Large Campbranch Campground complex on the left 17.1 Village of Paradise (groceries & café) T/L onto SR W CAMPBRANCH CAMPGROUND NE 168 ST. NE 164 ST. NE 162 ST. The online file for this day s ride is at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26292396 I - 35 JESSE JAMES FARM ROAD Frank Moritz Updated 10/21/2017 Maps & Profiles Ride with GPS
17.1 Continue on SR W 20.7 T/L onto SR F 22.8 T/R onto NE 180th Street, then 23.0 T/L to continue on SR F 23.9 T/R to continue on SR F 25.4 SR F bends right and becomes 1st St. Town of Smithville 25.5 T/R onto Bus. US 169 25.8 T/L onto Owens Ave., and immediately T/R onto northbound US 169 26.1 T/L onto CR KK SR F SR W PARADISE PART #2 PARADISE TO SMITHVILLE, MO CR KK
26.1 Continue on CR KK 30.5 T/L onto CR B 31.6 T/R onto N. Winan Road 33.9 T/R onto unsigned Interurban Road, toward Basswood Inn & RV Resort 35.3 T/L onto CR HH 39.8 Route crosses over I-29, and becomes Main Street as you enter Platte City PART #3 SMITHVILLE TO PLATTE CITY, MO CR KK INTER- URBAN ROAD CR B PLATTE CITY BASSWOOD RESORT WINAN ROAD CR HH
NORTHBOUND SR 273 39.8 Continue on Main Street 40.3 T/L onto Second Street in Platte City 40.5 T/R onto Branch St./SR92 40.8 Cross the Platte River 41.4 Continue straight onto Branch St./SR 273, where SR 92 goes left 41.6 T/L onto northbound SR 273 MAIN PLATTE CITY, MO DETAIL MAP CR HH BRANCH
ATCHISON Watkins Mill State Park, MO Atchison, KS (cont.) LEWIS & CLARK STATE PARK PART #4 PLATTE CITY, MO TO ATCHISON, KS SR 45 & 273 41.6 Continue on northbound SR 273 45.5 Ride straight across SR 45, onto CR JJ (Weston Bend State Park is just south of here on SR 45) 47.1 Route becomes Walnut Street as you enter Weston 47.8 T/L onto Main Street and go 1 block 47.9 T/R onto Spring Street 48.0 T/R onto Washington Street 48.7 T/L onto SR 45/SR273 54.7 Village of Iatan (no services) 60.3 Entrance to Lewis & Clark State Park (SR 138) on left Continue on SR 45 61.4 T/L at stop sign, onto US 59 65.0 Cross the Missouri River (bridge has a wide shoulder) WESTON PLATTE CITY WESTON BEND STATE PARK
65.0 Enter Atchison, KANSAS Route becomes Utah St./US 59 (CAUTION: no shoulders, heavy traffic) 65.4 T/L onto 6th Street 65.6 T/R onto Spring Street 66.0 Intersection of Spring St. & 10th St./SR 7 All 3 of the city s motels are here POST OFFICE LIBRARY PART #5 ATCHISON, KS DETAIL MAP MAIN REYNOLDS BICYCLES IGA GROCERIES ROUTE WEST TENTH ATCHISON MOTOR INN SUPER 8 MOTEL SIXTH ROUTE FROM PLATTE CITY AMERICAN LODGE & SUITES SPRING 3.5 MILES TO WARNOCK LAKE CAMPGROUND 1.5 MILES TO WAL-MART & THE HOSPITAL
SERVICE DIRECTORY FOR MAP SET #23 17.0 PARADISE, MO Camp Branch Campground (816-407-3400), Clay County Parks. 362 campsites (35 with electricity), many on the lake shore, showers, laundry. 1.5 miles off-route S. via Collins Rd. and Campbranch Rd. Camp Branch Campground (816-407-3400), Clay County Parks. 415 campsites (111 with electricity), many on the lake shore, showers, laundry. 3.8 miles off-route S. via Collins Rd. and CR E. Paradise General Store & Grill (816-532-0442), 18419 Collins Road at SR W. Right on the route. Limited groceries. 25.5 SMITHVILLE, MO Downtown (with few services) is off-route ¼ mile S. on Bridge St. Fast food is on US 169. Basswood Inn & RV Resort (816-858-5556), 15880 Interurban Road. On the route, 8.5 miles west of Smithville. Campground has showers. Super 8 Smithville Lake (816-532-3088), about 1.5 miles off-route south on US 169, via Bridge Street, Woods Street, and Commercial Avenue. 40.5 PLATTE CITY, MO -- [A town of motels & restaurants along I-29 which serve the nearby K.C. airport] Travelodge Motel (816-858-4588), 504 Prairie View Road. Just off-route near I-29. Quality Inn & Suites (816) 858-5430), 1201 Branch Street. Restaurants and fast food are along SR 29, south of town. 48.0 WESTON, MO -- Weston Bend State Park (816-640-5443), 16600 State Hwy 45. 35 campsites, showers. Weston Café (816-640-2224), 407 Main Street. Tin Kitchen Restaurant (816-640-0100), 509 Main Street. Avalon Café (816-640-2835), 608 Main Street. Sharps IGA Groceries (816-640-2431), 18305 State Hwy 45. On the route, 1 mi. N. of downtown. Several B&B s in town. Library / Internet Atchison Public Library 401 Kansas Avenue 913-367-1902 http://www.atchisonlibrary.org/ US Post Office Atchison, KS 621 Kansas Ave 66002 913-367-6303 Week Days: 08:30AM-5:00PM Saturday 09:00AM-11:00AM Atchison Hospital 800 Raven Hill Road Atchison, KS 66002 913-367-2131 1.5 miles south of downtown, off of US73 60.5 LEWIS & CLARK STATE PARK, MO -- Lewis & Clark Village Campground (816-579-5564), 801 Lakecrest Blvd. 70 campsites, showers.
66.0 ATCHISON, KS Reynolds Bicycles (913-360-2617), 110 North 6 th Street, at the corner of Commercial Street. This shop does not have regular hours, so you must call ahead to schedule service and they don t have a large parts inventory, so call well in advance if you will need them to order replacement parts. Warnock Lake Park Campground (913-367-5561), Atchison Parks & Rec. Showers, swimming in lake. 3.5 miles off-route S. via US 73/SR7, Price Blvd., Rawlins Rd., and Warnock Lake Road. Sharps IGA Groceries (913-367-0451), 404 Commercial Street. Wal-Mart Supercenter (913-367-4686), 1920 US Hwy. 73. 1.5 miles S. of downtown. AmericInn Lodge & Suites (913-367-4000), 500 US Hwy 73/10 th Street. Super 8 Motel (913-367-7666), 509 South 9 th Street, at Spring Street. Atchison Motor Inn (913-367-7000), 401 South 10 th Street. Cheapest place, but it s a dump.