Project Overview

St. Charles County residents and stakeholders said that a new greenway linking the existing Dardenne Greenway at St. Charles Community College with the KATY Trail State Park should be a high priority project. This was identified through the St. Charles County Greenway Master Plan. Great Rivers Greenway is working with community members, local municipalities, and other stakeholders to plan this new greenway named for Baltic Creek that runs parallel to a large portion of this route.

Project Partners

• Great Rivers Greenway
• City of Cottleville
• City of St. Peters
• City of Weldon Spring
• Missouri State Parks

Current Status

Thank you to everyone who participated in planning for the Baltic Creek Greenway in 2022 and 2023. We have made new progress in the northernmost section of the greenway, nestled between the Dardenne Greenway and Hwy 364/94 in St. Peters and Cottleville.

Right now, we are working to understand the feasibility of a few alignments. This means that our designers are examining current site conditions, existing utilities such as electric poles, flooding, and more to determine where a greenway can safely be built and maintained. While we work to understand the feasibility of these possible alignments, we’d also like to get community feedback on the options. Please review the map below, and take a minute to complete our online survey here.

The map below shows the updated alignments (scroll down form more info about each alignment):

Alignment A connects to the Dardenne Greenway at the north end of the map and proceeds along the east side of the commercial area separated from Mid Rivers Mall Drive. South of Dye Club Drive, available space for the Alignment A path is limited. Options considered include a pedestrian bridge or a boardwalk until the path moves south of the new apartments. At Central School Road, the path would connect to St. Peters’ future multi-use path.

Alignment B option locates the path adjacent to Mid Rivers Mall Drive within the road right-of-way. The alignment connects to the Dardenne Greenway at the north end of the map and proceeds along the west side of Mid Rivers Mall Drive; finally connecting to St. Peters’ future multi-use path.

Alignment C option illustrates three possible connections at the north end of the map. Only ONE option would be chosen to complete the alignment. The options being considered include:
1) Connecting to the Dardenne Greenway using the existing Kountz Trail (dashed line).
2) Connecting to the Dardenne Greenway at the north end of the map and proceeding south along the west side of Mid Rivers Mall Drive until reaching the NORTH side of Cottleville Farm & Home (Refer to path labeled C2).
3) Connecting to the Dardenne Greenway at the north end of the map and proceeding south along the west side of Mid Rivers Mall Drive until reaching the SOUTH side of Cottleville Farm & Home Refer to path labeled C1).
The greenway would then proceed south behind the Schnucks commercial area and connect to St. Peters’ future multi-use path using Hwy N.

Tell us what you think! Take the survey now.

Read the Baltic Creek Master Plan Summary Report here. (Includes summary of engagement and planning to date, and overview for the next phase of planning and design.) This document summarizes the planning and engagement for 364 Baltic Creek and will serve as our plan for moving forward with the planning and design of the greenway.