West Alton, MO

West Alton is a small Missouri River town about 20 miles northwest of St. Louis, accessible via Highway 367 from Interstate 270. The 25-minute drive takes you through agricultural bottomland to where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers meet. Most traffic uses 367 for daily commutes south to the metro area or north to cross into Illinois via the Clark Bridge. The town sits at the historic confluence where the muddy Missouri joins the Mississippi, creating the distinctive swirling waters that early explorers called "the meeting of the waters."