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Rail-Trail Statistics

The following content is updated periodically to provide current information about Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and rail-trail development at the national and state level.

The table below reflects known rail-trails and total trail mileage.

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National Rail-Trail and Trail Mileage Counts:

  • Open: 1,683 open rail-trails for a total of 19,872 miles
  • Projects: 721 rail-trail projects for a total of 9,232 miles

State Rail-Trail and Trail Mileage Counts:
  Open Project
State Trails Miles Trails Miles
AK 3    38 4    247
AL 11 65 2 0.5
AR 13 211 7 128
AZ 12 65 2 8
CA 105 684 42 391
CO 34 344 12 459
CT 22 153 13 158
DC 2 8 0 0
DE 4 19 4 39
FL 44 397 42 715
GA 17 136 7 105
HI 4 21 2 17
IA 66 780 21 380
ID 17 355 3 59
IL 61 697 13 143
IN 43 202 12 95
KS 12 219 24 320
KY 10 32 17 218
LA 3 88 2 25
MA 42 223 70 472
MD 28 157 10 137
ME 23 298 4 69
MI 129 2,478 32 394
MN 75 2,309 12 207
MO 11 323 12 103
MS 6 71 4 48
MT 15 101 13 266
NC 23 78 4 76
ND 4 28 3 75
NE 23 306 18 434
NH 65 493 13 190
NJ 48 270 14 109
NM 7 30 7 138
NV 3 46 2 13
NY 94 1,233 54 750
OH 80 773 35 254
OK 7 45 5 64
OR 17 216 7 11
PA 146 1,413 56 428
RI 12 59 5 53
SC 14 85 11 84
SD 3 117 1 0.5
TN 21 78 7 71
TX 21 208 29 680
UT 9 75 1 8
VA 33 298 11 70
VT 18 197 7 73
WA 74 979 13 120
WI 81 1,788 22 249
WV 64 506 9 45
WY 4 45 1 13


Longest Rail-Trails in America
Name of Trail (Passage) State Number of Miles
Katy Trail State Park Missouri

225

Cowboy Trail  Nebraska

161

Great Allegheny Passage  Pennsylvania & Maryland

150

Soo Line Trail - Northern Route Minnesota

148

Milwaukee Road Corridor (John Wayne Pioneer Trail) Washington

145

Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor New York

119

Flint Hills Nature Trail Kansas

117

Soo Line Trail - Southern Route Minnesota

114

George S. Mickelson Trail South Dakota

110

Paul Bunyan State Trail Minnesota

110

Blue Ox Trail (Voyageur Trail) Minnesota

107

Wild Rivers State Trail Wisconsin

104

State Line Trail Michigan

102


Last Updated: 09/2010

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