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Top 5 Attractions on the Montour Trail
March 30, 2015

With a length of 55 miles, there’s a lot to love on western Pennsylvania’s Montour Trail. Our top five attractions for this rail-trail located just outside of Pittsburgh are included below.

Visitors love to explore the beauty and charms of the Montour Trail. | Photo by Paul McKeown, courtesy Montour Trail Council
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Pennsylvania’s Montour Trail
March 15, 2015

In terms of rail-trail mileage, Pennsylvania dominates, but in a crowded field, the Montour Trail—which forms a 55-mile arc around western Pittsburgh—is a standout with plenty of “wow” moments.

Midway across the span of the Chartiers Creek Bridge | Photo courtesy Kordite | CC by 2.0
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Top 10 Attractions on the Mon River Trails (Sojourner’s Guide)
March 08, 2015

As narrowing down the unique experiences on February’s designee—West Virginia’s Mon River Trails—was especially challenging, we’re presenting you with a bonus top 10 list of great attractions (in no particular order) that you will find along this spectacular trail system spanning nearly 50 miles around Morgantown.

Locks and dams—like this one along the Monongahela River—make for some awesome sightseeing along the Mon River Trails | Photo by Jeff Wimer
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West Virginia’s Mon River Trails
February 10, 2015

Both the Caperton and the pair of Mon River Trails on either side of Morgantown follow a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad, which primarily carried coal, coke, sand and limestone between the mines of Fairmont and the industrial city of Pittsburgh.

Photo by Steve Shaluta, courtesy Mon River Trails Conservancy
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Wisconsin’s Kinnickinnic River Trail
January 12, 2015

The story of Milwaukee’s Kinnickinnic River Trail is the story of its eponymous river; paralleling each other through the city’s south side, the fate of the two is intimately intertwined.

View of the Kinnickinnic River from the trail | Photo by John December
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West Virginia’s North Bend Rail Trail
January 08, 2015

North Bend Rail Trail is the Trail of the Month. The 69 mile North Bend Rail Trail is in the pantheon of stories about local trail advocacy.

West Virginia's North Bend Rail Trail | Photo by TrailLink user gus75
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History Happened Here: How the Switchback Railroad Inspired the Invention of the Roller Coaster
September 11, 2014

The Switchback Gravity Railroad, built in 1827, was only the second railroad built in America. It ran nine miles, hauling coal from Summit Hill down to the town of Mauch Chunk and the Lehigh Canal in east central Pennsylvania.

Image courtesy RTC
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Connecting the Keys: Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
November 30, 2013

The Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (FKOHT) is approximately 76 miles of the in-progress passageway are complete. It will eventually extend 106 miles from Key Largo to Key West.

Photo by Josh Ritchie
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The Road to a Thousand Wonders
September 11, 2013

The railroad used to wind through the canyon as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s California-Oregon line, which was marketed in the early 1900s as “The Road to a Thousand Wonders.”

Sundial Bridge | Photo by Beth Young, CC by 2.0
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New York’s Erie Canalway Trail
September 30, 2012

New York’s Erie Canalway Trail is the Trail of the Month and traces the canal’s route for nearly 365 miles.

Erie Canalway Trail | Photo by TrailLink user susanlkarsiotis