We love that Miranda inspires people to feel more connected to the outdoors… and the Great American Rail-Trail.

TrailLink.com™, RTC’s national trail-finder website, embarked on an ambitious historical exploration of the developing Great American Rail-Trail.

In Laurel Hill Cemetery just outside the town of Neligh, Nebraska, stands a gravestone. Here lies White Buffalo Girl.

RTC talked to several long-distance bicyclists who have taken on the Great American Rail trail alread.

RTC talked to several long-distance bicyclists who have taken on the Great American Rail trail alread.

Montana trails with roughly 30-million acres of state and federal lands take you through rolling grasslands and bucolic farmland, and past peaceful waterways.

This report, Great American Rail-Trail Route Assessment, was originally published by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) in May 2019. This updated version was published in May 2021.

Trails in Indiana make the state ideal for exploration with 73 completed rail-trails and 34 rail-trail projects in progress as of 2021.

Ohio has the fifth-most rail-trails, and more than 1,000 miles of completed rail-trail with multiple trail networks in development.