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Top 10 Attractions on the Mon River Trails (Sojourner’s Guide)
March 09, 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 11, 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 13, 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 09, 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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New York’s Erie Canalway Trail
October 01, 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
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Pennsylvania and Maryland’s Great Allegheny Passage
July 01, 2007

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.

Great Allegheny Passage | Photo by Blase Ur