Kimmswick MO Missouri
Frequently Asked Questions
At the foot of the village itself, at a landing built in 2021 on the Mississippi. No transport is needed: all of Kimmswick is a few minutes' walk from the dock.
Yes, and that is the point of the call. Fewer than 200 residents, a grid of about twenty streets, wood and brick houses from the 19th century: it is one of the smallest calls in all of American river cruising. Two hours cover it.
Stroll from porch to porch among the artisan shops, antique dealers and candy makers, visit the small local historical society museum, then sit down in one of the village cafes. On a long call, an excursion runs to the Anheuser estate or into St. Louis.
Theodore Kimm, a German-born merchant based in St. Louis, founded it in 1859 on the river road. The railway, then the highway, bypassed it and the town slept for decades. That sleep is exactly what saved its houses, restored one by one from the 1970s onward.
Homemade pies, stacked as high as levees, have made the village cafes famous across the region: people drive out from St. Louis on weekends just for them. A lemonade or a filter coffee on a porch rounds out the call nicely.
Yes, by excursion. The city and its landmark arch lie about 40 kilometres north, roughly half an hour by road. Some lines pair the Kimmswick call with that outing; without an organized excursion, the round trip is hard to improvise.
A historic property linked to Missouri's famous brewing family, open for tours with period furnishings and grounds overlooking the river. It is the excursion most often offered to passengers, along with the Burgess-How House, one of the village's oldest.
Yes, for a gentle call. The streets are flat and traffic-free, the candy shops and flower gardens appeal to children, and the museum volunteers happily recount the great floods. There is no beach, no attraction and no entertainment, though: this is a place for wandering.
Not every day. They generally open Tuesday through Sunday and several close early in the afternoon. Check your call time: an early-evening or Monday stop would leave you facing shuttered windows.
The US dollar. Cards are accepted everywhere, but a few dollars in cash smooth small purchases from artisans and candy makers. The autumn Apple Butter Festival draws tens of thousands of visitors over a single weekend.
