Congrats to the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee:
Iowa's Raccoon River Valley Trail
Photo courtesy RRVT Association
In 2007, RTC began recognizing exemplary rail-trails around the country through its Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. We select inductees on merits such as scenic value, high use, trail and trailside amenities, historical significance, excellence in management and maintenance of facility, community connections and geographic distribution.
Hall of fame rail-trails receive a variety of honors, including special signage to place along their trails, a Trail of the Month feature and a highlight in Rails to Trails magazine. View Hall of Fame gallery.
2021 Rail-Trail Hall of Fame Inductee
Iowa's Raccoon River Valley Trail
Congratulations to the Raccoon River Valley Trail, RTC's 2021 Rail-Trail Hall of Fame inductee, selected by national vote this summer.This 89-mile path—offering views of woodlands, prairies, public art and a unique “lighted bridge”—connects rural communities to larger cities, including Jefferson, Des Moines and Perry. The trail is also an important segment of the cross-country Great American Rail-Trail™, a flagship project of RTC that will connect Washington, D.C., and Washington State across 3,700 miles of trail.
Watch their nominee video, and view full photo essay with captions by clicking on the first photo. Scroll through the slideshow using the right and left arrows.
Rail-Trail Hall of Fame
- Great Allegheny Passage (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
- Katy Trail State Park (Missouri)
- Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail (Florida)
- Burke-Gilman Trail (Washington)
- Minuteman Commuter Bikeway (Massachusetts)
- Illinois Prairie Path (Illinois)
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail (Wisconsin)
- Bizz Johnson Trail (California)
- W&OD Trail (Virginia)
- Monon Trail (Indiana)
- Silver Comet (Georgia) and Chief Ladiga trails (Alabama)
- East Bay Bicycle Path (Rhode Island)
- Pere Marquette Rail-Trail of Michigan
- Little Miami Scenic Trail (Ohio)
- Paul Bunyan State Trail (Minnesota)
- Wabash Trace Nature Trail (Iowa)
- Prairie Spirit Rail Trail State Park (Kansas)
- Springwater Corridor (Oregon)
- High Line (New York)
- George S. Mickelson Trail (South Dakota)
- Prescott Peavine National Recreation Trail and Iron King Trail (Arizona)
- Longleaf Trace (Mississippi)
- Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha (Idaho)
- Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park (Utah)
- Island Line Rail Trail (Vermont)
- Greenbrier River Trail (West Virginia)
- Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail (Virginia)
- Heritage Rail Trail County Park (Pennsylvania) and Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (Maryland)
- Midtown Greenway (Minnesota)
- Hudson Valley Trail Network (New York)
- Tammany Trace (Louisiana)
- Cardinal Greenway (Indiana)
- Tanglefoot Trail (Mississippi)
- Mon River Rail-Trail System (West Virginia)
- Raccoon River Valley Trail (Iowa)
Great Allegheny Passage
(Maryland/Pennsylvania)
Minuteman Commuter Bikeway
(Massachusetts)
Pere Marquette Rail-Trail (Michigan)
Prairie Spirit Rail Trail State Park (Kansas)
Prescott Peavine National Recreation Trail & Iron King Trail (Arizona)
Island Line Rail Trail
(Vermont)
Katy Trail State Park
(Missouri)
Illinois Prairie Path
(Illinois)
Little Miami Scenic Trail
(Ohio)
Greenbrier River Trail
(West Virginia)
Hudson Valley Trail Network (New York)
Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail (Florida)
Elroy-Sparta State Trail
(Wisconsin)
Silver Comet (Georgia) and Chief Ladiga trails (Alabama)
Paul Bunyan State Trail
(Minnesota)
Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha (Idaho)
Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail (Virginia)
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