Focus Term: Trail Destinations
Top 10 Attractions on the Mon River Trails (Sojourner’s Guide)
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.
West Virginia’s Mon River Trails
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.
Wisconsin’s Kinnickinnic River Trail
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.
West Virginia’s North Bend Rail Trail
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.
New York’s Erie Canalway Trail
New York’s Erie Canalway Trail is the Trail of the Month and traces the canal’s route for nearly 365 miles.
Pennsylvania and Maryland’s Great Allegheny Passage
The 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage is the July 2007 Trail of the Month, connecting Cumberland, MD to McKeesport, PA, with C&O Canal Towpath.
