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Alabama’s Chief Ladiga Trail: June 2025 Trail of the Month
June 04, 2025

Alabama’s Chief Ladiga Trail is a 39.2 miles asphalt rail-trail in Calhoun and Cleburne counties. You can walk, bike, inline skate and horseback ride on the trail, which is wheelchair accessible.

Drone photo of Chief Ladiga Trail in Jacksonville, Alabama | Photo courtesy Ben Nunnally, City of Jacksonville
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Trail Moments: In Piedmont, Alabama, a Slice of Pizza Comes With a Side of Adventure
April 24, 2025

In northeastern Alabama city of Piedmont, folks on the Chief Ladiga Trail will probably smell the Pinhoti Pizza Company before they see it.

Working at the Pinhoti Pizza Company | Photo courtesy Maggie Cunningham
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Five Reasons to Get Outside on Trails This Spring
April 01, 2025

On Celebrate Trails Day, Rails to Trails Conservancy calls on America to go for a walk, run or bike ride in a demonstration of the joy and impact trails bring to the nation

Group of trail runners in Baltimore, MD | Photo by Allison Abruscato
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The Joy of Celebrating Trails Day 2024
May 14, 2024

Celebrate Trails Day 2024 was celebrated in all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Our partners planned more than 240 celebrations.

Bronzeville Trail Task Force, Major Taylor Bike Club & The Misfits Cycling Club riding Chicago's Major Taylor Trail | Photo by Douglas Monieson
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Alabama’s Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
December 01, 2023

The 23-mile paved Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail runs through Gulf State Park and the surrounding cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.

Alabama's Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail:Gulf Oak Ridge Trail | Photo by TrailLink user walt.ebbert
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Top 10 Trails in Alabama
October 08, 2021

A robust system of trails offers access to Alabama’s scenic bounty. Here are 10 of our favorite trails in Alabama.

Alabama's Chief Ladiga Trail | Photo by Brandi Horton
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Long-Distance Rides on Hall of Fame Rail-Trails
August 31, 2021

Here’s a fun look at long distance rides on some of our previous Hall of Fame trails spanning nearly 100 miles or more.

Silver Comet Trail | Photo by TrailLink user papa t
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Trail Moments | The Long Trail Home
December 17, 2020

I lost that connection during the pandemic, and I have realized that rediscovering the trails around me—my #TrailMoments—makes me feel whole and like the world will be ok.

Ed and Jenn Coleman on the Chief Ladiga Trail | Courtesy Ed Coleman
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50 Great Rail-Trails in 50 States
July 18, 2019

Here are snapshots of our favorite rail-trail experiences from all 50 states—demonstrating the beauty and geography our country is known for.

Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Rail Trail passes through large stands of lodgepole, spruce, fir and aspen; traverses meadows of grass and sagebrush; crosses numerous streams; and skirts dozens of swamps, bogs, ponds and lakes. Photo by Amber Travsky.