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Explore 49 of America’s premier multiuse trails with this official guide from Rails to Trails Conservancy.
Across the country, former railroad corridors and other historic routes have been transformed into public multiuse trails. Since 2007, Rails to Trails Conservancy has recognized the best of them through its Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. Together, these remarkable trails cross nearly every kind of landscape—from lively urban corridors to open prairie, coastlines, forests, and mountain ranges.
In Rail-Trail Hall of Fame, the experts from Rails to Trails Conservancy present 49 celebrated trails spanning 31 states—from the Great Allegheny Passage in Maryland and Pennsylvania to Missouri’s Katy Trail State Park to Hawaii’s Ke Ala Hele Makalae. This expanded edition features six additional hall-of-fame selections, including Maine’s Eastern Trail, California’s Sacramento River Rail Trail and Sacramento River Trail, and Kansas’ Flint Hills Trail State Park.
Each trail profile includes a detailed map, driving directions to trailheads, and at-a-glance information about mileage, surface, accessibility, and permitted activities. Authoritative descriptions help you plan your visit and know what to expect along the route. You’ll also discover the fascinating railroad history behind the trails and learn why each one earned a place in the hall of fame.
Whether you’re planning a leisurely afternoon outing or a multiday adventure, you’ll find an extraordinary variety of destinations to explore on foot, by bike, with a mobility device, on horseback, or on skis. Represented states include Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Inside you’ll find:
- Detailed maps and driving directions for every trail
- At-a-glance information about mileage, surface, accessibility, and more
- Expert descriptions of trail scenery, communities, amenities, and highlights
- Fascinating railroad history and the story behind each hall-of-fame selection
Based in Washington, DC, Rails to Trails Conservancy is a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to converting former railroad corridors to public, multiuse recreational trails that offer easy access to runners, hikers, bicyclists, skaters, wheelchair users, and equestrians. It serves as the national voice for a grassroots community more than a million strong, more than 25,000 miles of open rail-trails across the country, and more than 5,000 miles of potential trails waiting to be built—with a goal of ensuring a better future for America made possible by trails and the connections they inspire.
About Rails to Trails Conservancy
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Summary of Trails
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Northeast
- Special Feature: Influential Trails of the Northeast
- East Bay Bike Path
- Eastern Trail
- High Line
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail
- Island Line Rail Trail
- Minuteman Bikeway
- Walkway Over the Hudson
- William R. Steinhaus Dutchess Rail Trail
Mid-Atlantic
- Special Feature: Influential Trails of the Mid-Atlantic
- Caperton Rail-Trail
- Deckers Creek Rail-Trail
- Great Allegheny Passage
- Greenbrier River Trail
- Heritage Rail Trail County Park
- Mon River Rail-Trail
- Mount Vernon Trail
- Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail
- Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail
- Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park
Midwest
- Special Feature: Influential Trails of the Midwest
- Cardinal Greenway
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail
- Illinois Prairie Path
- Katy Trail State Park
- Little Miami Scenic Trail
- Midtown Greenway
- Monon Trail
- Paul Bunyan State Trail
- Pere Marquette Rail-Trail
Great Plains
- Special Feature: Influential Trails of the Great Plains
- Flint Hills Trail State Park
- George S. Mickelson Trail
- Prairie Spirit Trail State Park
- Raccoon River Valley Trail
- Wabash Trace Nature Trail
South
- Special Feature: Influential Trails of the South
- Chief Ladiga Trail
- Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail
- Longleaf Trace
- Silver Comet Trail
- Tammany Trace
- Tanglefoot Trail
West
- Special Feature: Influential Trails of the West
- Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail
- Burke-Gilman Trail
- Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park
- Iron King Trail
- Ke Ala Hele Makalae
- Prescott Peavine National Recreation Trail
- Route of the Hiawatha
- Sacramento River Rail Trail
- Sacramento River Trail
- Springwater Corridor
- Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes
Index
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