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Seven Stellar New Rail-Trails: 2025’s Gift to America
December 11, 2025

Please join us in celebrating these fantastic new rail-trails that opened in 2025—and all those that blazed the trail before.

Friends of the Ecusta Trail board members on North Carolina's Ecusta Trail | Photo courtesy Friends of Ecusta Trail
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Indiana’s HamCo Hubway: December 2025 Trail of the Month
December 08, 2025

Indiana’s HamCo Hubway trail loop in Hamilton County is 28.5 miles long formed from Midland Trace, Nickel Plate Trail, The 106 and Monon Trail

Walkers and wheelchair user along a mural along Indiana's Nickel Plate Trail in Fishers | Photo courtesy Hamilton County Tourism
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What I Learned Speed Dating for Trails
November 10, 2025

Six conversations that left a lasting impact at the 2025 TrailNation Summit World Café in Cleveland, Ohio.

The trail world came together in late October at Rails to Trails Conservancy's 2025 TrailNation Summit in Cleveland, Ohio.
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New Hampshire’s Derry Rail Trail: November 2025 Trail of the Month
November 10, 2025

New Hampshire’s Derry Rail Trail is a 3.6 mile rail-trail in Rockingham county and connects with Windham Rail Trail & Londonderry Rail Trail.

Child riding bicycle on New Hampshire's Derry Rail Trail | Photo by Ben Carter
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“From Rails to Trails”: The Origin Story of America’s Beloved Pathways 
October 09, 2025

“From Rails to Trails” is a documentary by filmmaker Dan Protess that airs on PBS.org that explores the origins of America’s trails movement.

Marianne Fowler of Rails to Trails Conservancy, Co-Founder of RTC Peter Harnik, rail-trail advocate and author Karen-Lee Ryan, and current RTC President Ryan Chao | Photo by Ben Kolak
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A Nebraska Legacy: Examining the Cowboy Trail’s Impact Across Three Decades
October 07, 2025

Michael and Pam Swanson and Ashley Schafer take in the view from the longest of 221 bridges along Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail.

Trestle on Nebraska's Cowboy Trail | Photo by Jonathan Egan
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A Look at Railbanked Trails Across America
October 07, 2025

Congress passed an amendment to the National Trails Systems Act that enshrined railbanking—preserving railway corridors in perpetuity.

Iowa's Sauk Rail Trail | Photo by TrailLink user yiams
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Minnesota’s Mesabi Trail: October 2025 Trail of the Month
October 01, 2025

Traversing the scenic Iron Range of northern Minnesota, the Mesabi Trail spans 165 miles “from the Mississippi River to the Boundary Waters” between Grand Rapids and Ely.

Minnesota's Mesabi Trail | Photo courtesy Visit Grand Rapids
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Kansas’ Flint Hills Trail State Park: September 2025 Trail of the Month
September 10, 2025

Explore Kansas’ Flint Hills Trail—118 miles of prairie, history & small-town charm. A Hall of Fame rail-trail driving rural revitalization.

Kansas' Flint Hills Trail State Park | Photo by Jeff A. Carroll
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In Memory of Trails and Environmental Justice Advocate Guy O. Williams
August 07, 2025

RTC was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Guy O. Williams, who passed away on July 29, 2025.

Guy Williams | Photo courtesy Guy Williams