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A Cultural Shift as America’s Trail Networks Take Hold
It has been described as a “tipping point,” “critical mass” and “milestone” achievement. Regardless of what it’s called, there’s no doubt that the proliferation of trail networks around the United States is significant.
Elevating Opportunity in 2023—Reflections From the Trails Movement
It has been described as a “tipping point,” “critical mass” and “milestone” achievement. Regardless of what it’s called, there’s no doubt that the proliferation of trail networks around the United States is significant.
These 2023 Trail Grants Are Activating Trails and Trail Networks Across the US
In 2023, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Awarded 30 Trail Grants Totaling $348,000 to Support Equitable Trail Development and Community Programs.
Here Are Five Fantastic New Rail-Trails That Opened in 2023
Here we spotlight a handful of the exciting new rail-trails that opened in 2023.
Awaiting Takeoff: The Wright Brothers’ Biking Legacy
On a gray North Carolina beach, 120 years ago this December, Wright Brothers completed the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft.
Alabama’s Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
The 23-mile paved Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail runs through Gulf State Park and the surrounding cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.
Trail Moments | Lessons Learned from Climbing Colorado’s Manitou Incline
The first step of the Manitou Incline begins at 6,600 feet above sea level, and it gains almost 2,000 feet in just under a mile. The average grade for the trail is 45% and is as steep as 68% in places.
Montana’s Silver Bow Creek Greenway Trail
Montana’s Silver Bow Creek Greenway Trail (SBCGT) parallels its namesake creek, which provides habitat to bald eagles and yellow-headed blackbirds, sandhill cranes and waterfowl.
For Some 60 Years, Peru, Indiana, Was America’s “Circus City”
Peru is known as the Circus City or the Circus Capital of the World for a big reason. It really was.
End of the Line: How Timber and Train Tracks Transformed the Olympic Peninsula
This History Along the Great American Rail-Trail® feature explores the timber industry and creation of two railroads on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in the early 1900s. The late-1918 completion of the Spruce Railroad, which was meant to aid the war effort, led to a national scandal.
