



In 2007, RTC began recognizing exemplary rail-trails around the country through its Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame trails have been selected based 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.
Trails inducted into the Hall of Fame 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.
2023 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE:
California’s Sacramento River Rail Trail and Trail
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the nation’s largest trails advocacy organization, today announced that California’s Sacramento River Rail Trail and Sacramento River Trail will be inducted to its iconic Hall of Fame.
Nestled beneath the Cascade and Trinity mountains, the trails provide 21 miles of transportation and recreation along California’s largest river. The trail pair was selected for outstanding merits, including RTC’s expanded eligibility criteria this year, which prioritizes multiuse trails that deliver exceptional accessibility and user experience, and contributions to the connectivity of regional trail and active transportation systems.
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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)
- Eastern Trail (Maine)
- Sacramento River Rail Trail and Sacramento River Trail (California)
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)
Sacramento River Rail Trail and Sacramento River Trail
(California)
Katy Trail State Park
(Missouri)
Illinois Prairie Path
(Illinois)
Little Miami Scenic Trail
(Ohio)
Greenbrier River Trail
(West Virginia)
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)

