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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 Trail and Trail Mileage Counts:

  • Open: 1,631 open rail-trails for a total of 19,578 miles
  • Projects: 724 rail-trail projects for a total of 8,676 miles

State Rail-Trail Trail and Trail Mileage Counts:
  Open Project
State Trails Miles Trails Miles
AK 3    38 4    247
AL 12 61 4 5
AR 13 213 7 127
AZ 12 63 2 8
CA 93 544 41 395
CO 34 347 11 466
CT 21 150 14 157
DC 1 11 1 9
DE 4 69 4 22
FL 42 397 42 571
GA 15 152 6 94
HI 3 16 2 17
IA 66 780 21 396
ID 14 344 7 165
IL 61 704 13 143
IN 42 188 12 45
KS 10 209 25 324
KY 10 32 17 224
LA 3 88 2 65
MA 35 194 65 395
MD 27 157 9 137
ME 23 298 3 66
MI 129 2,392 32 360
MN 76 2,327 12 157
MO 9 304 12 100
MS 6 71 4 48
MT 15 101 12 236
NC 23 74 4 79
ND 4 28 3 75
NE 22 303 19 494
NH 63 488 12 192
NJ 48 265 14 103
NM 7 26 7 138
NV 3 46 2 13
NY 94 1,289 53 460
OH 79 771 35 256
OK 7 45 5 64
OR 14 215 10 28
PA 142 1,434 55 488
RI 12 59 4 47
SC 13 81 9 50
SD 3 114 1 1
TN 20 74 7 70
TX 18 204 26 552
UT 9 75 1 8
VA 32 283 12 69
VT 17 197 7 70
WA 73 959 22 108
WI 81 1,782 22 241
WV 64 501 9 58
WY 4 45 1 13


Longest Rail-Trails in America (100 miles or more)
Name of Trail (Passage) State Number of Miles
Katy Trail State Park Missouri

225

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

OC&E Woods Line State Trail Oregon

100


Last Updated: 02/2010

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