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Rails to Trails Magazine
Rails to Trails magazine is dedicated to exploring America’s remarkable rail-trails and trail-networks, with a focus on the opportunities they provide and the impact they have in communities nationwide. The magazine is a benefit of membership to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), which is $22 a year, $5 of which supports the magazine. In addition to the magazine, members receive discounts on RTC gifts and publications. The magazine is published four times a year—three in print, one digital—by RTC. Subscribe now to get special features on remarkable rail-trails and trail-networks while also supporting our work.
Latest Issue of Rails to Trails Magazine
2021 Spring/Summer Issue
Renewal, rebirth and discovery—those are central themes of this Spring/Summer 2021 issue of Rails to Trails magazine, and the lens by which we hope you’ll experience the voices, stories and ideas captured here.
In this issue, we:
- Get to know the expansive 135-mile Olympic Discovery Trail, a developing pathway that will eventually connect Puget Sound to the Pacific Ocean while featuring some of Washington State’s most revered natural and cultural assets.
- Learn about Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s (RTC’s) ambitious historical exploration of the route of the Great American Rail-Trail™ through a project launching this summer, comprising hundreds of stories and points of interest—and get a first glimpse (“Here Lies White Buffalo Girl”).
- Explore how the 75-mile Pinellas Trail in Florida has become a game-changing active-transportation route that served an estimated 2 million+ people in 2020.
- Pay tribute to friend and philanthropist Jeff Doppelt, one of our movement’s greatest champions, who passed away earlier this year.
- Find out more about RTC co-founder Peter Harnik’s new book on the history and evolution of the rail-trail movement.
- And much more!
Features from Rails to Trails Magazine
Cover Story
From Dream to National Treasure: The Great American Rail-Trail
05/08/19 by Laura Stark,Brandi Horton
Illustration by Anderson Design Group
Community Connections
A Serious Injury Changed Cyclist Ian Mackay’s Life. Trails Helped Him Rebuild It.
08/27/19 by Scott Stark
View From
A View From … The Great American Rail-Trail
01/23/19 | Laura Stark
Emerging Rail-Trails
From Toxic Site to Thriving Rail-Trail: Montana's Silver Bow Creek Greenway
04/20/19 by Scott Stark
Green Issue Digital Features
Rails to Trails magazine is pleased to present our Green Issue each year, featuring a collection of amazing videos and slideshows highlighting America’s trails.
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