Celebrate Trails Day Events
Celebrate Trails Day event in Exton, Pennsylvania | Photo by Mark Yanigasawa
Event Spotlight | Explore Map of Events | Find Trails with TrailLink | Virtual Events
Searching for ways to participate in Celebrate Trails Day? Explore our interactive map to see how trails are being celebrated around the country, check out some of the events we’re spotlighting, get ideas to plan your own outing, and tune in for RTC’s virtual event series to get inspired for the big day!
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Celebrate Trails Day Event Spotlight
We’ve teamed up with an amazing group of partners to plan Celebrate Trails Day events around the country. We’re spotlighting a handful of the events that are delivering joy and big impact by celebrating and bringing attention to trail connectivity.
Check out events happening around the Great American Rail-Trail. The nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, the route will be entirely bikeable and walkable across 3,700+ miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. This year is extra special because it’s the 5th anniversary of the Great American Rail-Trail!
Check out events happening around the Capital Trails Network! The Capital Trails Coalition footprint currently includes more than 800 miles of existing and planned trails and connections in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
Check out events happening around the Baltimore Greenways Trails Network, a vision for a 35-mile world-class network of trail in Baltimore City.
Check out events happening around the Circuit Trails network! The Circuit Trails is a regional urban trail network in Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey. The project will eventually encompass 800 miles of trails on both sides of the Delaware River.
Check out events happening around the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition network! The vision of the IHTC is to establish the Industrial Heartland as a premier destination offering a 1,500-miles-plus multiuse trail network experience.
Check out events happening around the Bay Area Trails Collaborative network! The vision of the award-winning Bay Area Trails Collaborative is to develop a 2,604-mile regional trail network that will connect the San Francisco Bay Area
Check out events happening along trails in the Birmingham, Alabama, region!
Virtual Event Series
In preparation for Celebrate Trails Day, RTC teamed up with our partners and experts across the country to share ideas, motivation and insights for getting out on the trail. Watch the recordings from past events below, and tune in on Facebook Live every week in April to catch the upcoming virtual events!
Gearing Up For a Cross-Country Trail Trek
How Connected Trails Keep Us Active and Well
Trails Creating Community in the Outdoors
Building Community, Inspiring Climate Action and Encouraging Physical Activity through Trails: Media Briefing
Accessible Opportunities to Be Active Outside
Trails Making a Difference for the Planet
Get Inspired to Get Out on Trails!
Explore Trail-Use Tips, Ideas, Activities and Resources
When you attend a Celebrate Trails Day event hosted by Rails to Trails Conservancy, you waive any and all claims and causes of action against Rails to Trails Conservancy, affiliated partner organizations, event producers and presenters, and their insurers, for liability, including for personal injury, property damage or wrongful death in connection with your attendance of the event. Most Celebrate Trails Day Events are not hosted by Rails to Trails Conservancy, but if and when you participate in one that is, you assume all risks.
