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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: 1,710 open rail-trails for a total of 20,409 miles
  • Projects: 723 rail-trail projects for a total of 9,225 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 12 221 8 130
AZ 12 68 2 8
CA 110 713 56 976
CO 34 346 10 454
CT 23 197 11 106
DC 2 8 0 0
DE 4 19 4 21
FL 40 653 29 420
GA 20 156 5 125
HI 4 21 2 17
IA 68 792 20 362
ID 20 424 4 63
IL 63 744 13 136
IN 43 276 12 80
KS 13 219 24 322
KY 11 34 17 247
LA 3 88 2 26
MA 49 252 68 460
MD 26 156 9 106
ME 29 447 4 15
MI 126 2,379 28 336
MN 72 2,291 15 198
MO 10 331 12 115
MS 6 71 6 52
MT 16 105 11 248
NC 22 91 4 78
ND 4 34 3 75
NE 26 358 18 434
NH 66 516 16 193
NJ 48 304 16 158
NM 7 30 7 138
NV 4 55 2 9
NY 82 703 60 596
OH 84 794 36 269
OK 8 51 5 64
OR 17 235 6 25
PA 156 1,470 57 428
RI 12 62 6 68
SC 13 86 13 105
SD 3 116 1 1
TN 21 80 7 73
TX 23 222 27 669
UT 11 112 1 8
VA 37 340 11 65
VT 16 188 10 126
WA 76 1,047 15 93
WI 78 1,841 19 212
WV 65 514 8 60
WY 4 46 1 8



Longest Rail-Trails in America

*This list is comprised of rail-trails more than 100 miles long, where at least 90 percent of the trail is on a former railroad corridor.

Name of Trail (Passage) State Number of Miles
Katy Trail State Park Missouri

237

Cowboy Trail  Nebraska

195

Soo Line Trail - Northern Route Minnesota

148

John Wayne Pioneer Trail Washington

145

Great Allegheny Passage 

Maryland & Pennsylvania

141

Columbia Plateau Trail State Park Washington

130

Bay Circuit Trail and Greenway Massachusetts

120

Flint Hills Nature Trail Kansas

117

Soo Line Trail - Southern Route Minnesota & Wisconsin

114

Paul Bunyan State Trail Minnesota

112

George S. Mickelson Trail South Dakota

109

Blue Ox Trail (Voyageur Trail) Minnesota

107

State Line Trail Michigan

107

OC&E Woods Line State Trail Oregon

105

Wild Rivers State Trail Wisconsin

104


Last Updated: 01/2012

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