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Interested in covering news about the Great American Rail-Trail? We’ve compiled resources below to help you spread the word.

Members of the media are free to use any images and videos provided here. We just ask that you properly credit (credit information is included in the file names where applicable) them and share that these have been provided courtesy Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. We would also love if you’d send us a link to your story at media@railstotrails.org to let us know about it.

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The preferred route of the Great American Rail-Trail includes 145+ existing rail-trails, greenways and other multiuse paths that will ultimately connect across 3,700+ miles. The photos below are a sampling of existing trails along the Great American route—one from all 12 states and the District of Columbia.


Videos


Live from Chadron, Nebraska, along the Cowboy Trail

Live from Washington, D.C., on the Capital Crescent Trail
Live from Muncie, Indiana, along the Cardinal Greenway

Live from Three Forks, Montana, just off the Headwaters Trail System

Live from Casper, Wyoming along the Casper Rail Trail

Live from Wallace, Idaho, along the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes

Live from the Cedar Valley Nature Trail in Iowa with the Black Hawk County Conservation Board

Live from Williamsport, Maryland, along the historic C&O Towpath Trail with the C&O Canal Trust

Live from McDonald, Pennsylvania, along the Panhandle Trail

Live from Gordon, Nebraska, along the Cowboy Trail

Live from South Cle Elum, Washington, along the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail