America’s greatest contribution to cultural history is its music, and it’s been influenced directly by the records made by those artists of Gennett records.

“Connecting art with trails is a beautiful gesture that seems to be happening more often,” reflected Bernard Williams.

RTC is honoring Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb as the 2021 Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champion for the state’s Next Level Trails program.

Surrounded by tree canopies, beautiful countryside and the charm of small towns, the Big 4 Trail traverses a Midwestern wonderland. The developing rail-trail serves as an important regional connector—spreading diagonally across Boone County, crossing into Clinton County and, eventually, continuing into Tippecanoe County.

A year of positive momentum. That’s how we'd describe 2021, which—despite many challenges and much uncertainty—still came with so much hope and progress for trails and those who made them happen.

RTC talked to several long-distance bicyclists who have taken on the Great American Rail trail alread.

This report, Great American Rail-Trail Route Assessment, was originally published by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) in May 2019. This updated version was published in May 2021.

Indiana’s extensive railway system makes the state ideal for rail-trail exploration with 73 completed rail-trails and 34 rail-trail projects in progress as of 2021.

In October, a new slate of 30 trails in 25 states were ushered into the ranks of top outdoor destinations as 2020’s National Recreation Trails by U.S. Secretary of the Interior.