When Black People Who Hike founder Debbie Njai went on a hike with friends in 2020, she didn’t know the trek would change her life.

RTC calls on Americans to walk, bike and be active outside in a demonstration of the transformative benefits of trails.

Join RTC; CDC’s Active People, Healthy Nation initiative; and Special Olympics for a conversation about why trails are critical to our health.

Here is a spotlight on some of the critical TrailNation project advances we made in 2018—and how they are bringing to life our vision of trails at the heart of healthy, thriving communities.

Prescribe-a-Trail (PAT) is a program in which Philadelphia-area hospitals and health-care organizations lead outings on local trails along the Circuit Trails network.