7,964 people · 5,000 to 49,999 people · Cooper County, MO
A Boonville river bluff hotel stay, reserved for two weeknights
from $2402 weeknights, room for twofrom $120 per personA Boonville river bluff hotel stay puts two people in a brick hotel from 1905, a short walk from the Katy Trail and the bluff over the Missouri River. Our office in Florissant writes the quote for free and reserves the room for two weeknights. You pay the hotel's front desk directly when you check out. For two people, the figure starts at $240.
Boonville on its bluff above the Missouri
Boonville sits high on a bluff where the Missouri River bends through the middle of the state. The 2020 census counted 7,964 people here, against 52,533 in Florissant, so our home town is roughly six and a half times larger. That difference shows the moment you park: the downtown is a handful of blocks of 19th-century brick, and the river is close by.
As the seat of Cooper County, the town keeps its courthouse and its old brick storefronts in steady use. Thespian Hall, a theater building from 1857, still stands on Main Street. Harley Park, on the edge of town, has an overlook on the bluff where the river spreads out wide and brown below, with sandbars showing when the water runs low.
The Katy Trail passes right through Boonville on its long run along the river. It is a flat gravel path on an old line bed, easy going for walkers and for riders of every pace, and a day out on it ends well with an evening downtown.
| People in the town, 2020 census | 7,964 |
|---|---|
| People in Florissant, 2020 census | 52,533 |
| Compared with the office's town | about 7 times fewer people than Florissant |
| Census place | Boonville city, Missouri |
| County | Cooper County, Missouri |
| Road from the office | 137 miles, about 2 h 43 min |
| Nights in the quote | 2 |
| Check-in and checkout | 4:00 PM / 11:00 AM |
A 1905 brick hotel in Boonville
The hotel we reserve is a red-brick building from 1905, put up by a local miller and banker, standing on the bluff beside the trail. It runs its own front desk. Check-in is at 4:00 PM and checkout at 11:00 AM, which leaves a full morning for the overlook or a walk along the river before you head home.
Each morning from 7 to 10, the hotel sets out coffee and hot tea for guests at no charge. Meals are on your own, and the downtown blocks are close enough to reach on foot. Parking is free on High Street and in the hotel's overflow lot, so the car can stay put for the whole visit. If you travel with a pet, tell us in your request and the quote confirms the hotel's pet terms.
A Boonville rate seen in November
from $240
a room shared by two over 2 weeknights, so from $120 per person
On November 4, 2026, we looked up this hotel on a public travel search page for a Wednesday night in mid-November, two guests, one room. The first room on the list, a double, showed $116 a night. We took two weeknights at that rate and rounded up to the next ten dollars: from $240 for two people, or from $120 per person. Your final total is confirmed when the reservation is made, and it moves with the dates you pick. Search pages like that one often fold an estimate of taxes into the nightly number, so this figure leans high; your quote separates the room rate from the taxes the desk will charge.
Friday and Saturday nights cost far more here, running about double the weeknight rate, which is why this quote covers two weeknights. The desk charges two taxes at checkout: Missouri sales tax, which in Boonville comes to 9.10% with the state, county and ambulance district shares, and the city's 5% local lodging tax. Together that is about 14.10% on the room.
Boonville room and both weeknights
- The room for two for two weeknights at the hotel's rate for the month
- Parking on High Street and in the overflow lot, at no charge per the hotel
- Morning coffee and hot tea, 7 to 10 AM
Boonville bills settled at the desk
- Missouri sales tax and Boonville's 5% lodging tax, added by the desk
- Friday and Saturday nights, which run about double
- Breakfast and other meals
- Bicycles and outings on the trail
Trail weather in Boonville
April to October suits Boonville well. The trail is busy with walkers and riders, the trees on the bluff are full, and the evenings are long enough to watch the river from Harley Park after dinner. Late September and October bring cooler air and color along the water.
December to February is a different visit. The trail season and the river season are over, the bluff turns gray and bare, and the town goes quiet. If what you want is a still room, an evening downtown and an unhurried walk past the old brick blocks, winter weeknights can still work, and the quote confirms the rate for those dates.
Under three hours west on the interstate
The drive from our office in Florissant is 137 miles, about 2 h 43 min with no traffic and no stops. The route heads west across Missouri on the interstate, then drops down to the river and into town. Leave after lunch on a weekday and you arrive close to the 4:00 PM check-in.
Sending us your Boonville dates
Send us the two weeknights you have in mind, how many people are coming, and anything the room needs to have. We reply with a written quote for the Boonville hotel at no cost, with the nightly rate, the taxes named and the checkout time. Once you say yes, we make the reservation and send the confirmation, and you settle with the front desk when you leave.