During the celestial spectacle on April 8, 2024, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth. Here are five trails to view this phenomenon.

Arena District Connector Project Details Lead Authority: City of Columbus Recreation and ParksTotal Project Cost: $22,549,700Funding Pledged to Date: $5,500,000 Federal: $0State: $1,660,000Local and Private: $3,840,000 Shovel-Ready: At presentType: Urban Transformative Impact Job Creation: An estimated 500 jobs are anticipated to be created by the adjacent Crew Stadium and other businesses surrounding the new trailhead at Confluence Village Park trailhead; 37 jobs will be […]

A region brimming with great trails makes for an appealing outdoor destination. That is why the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition (IHTC) is working to complete and connect a system of shared use trails across 51 counties in western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, eastern Ohio, and southwest New York. IHTC’s vision is that this “Industrial Heartland” […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To this end, RTC embarked on a 12-month assessment of route options using its GIS database of more than 34,000 miles of existing, multiuse trails nationwide, and analyzing more than 300 state and local trail plans to identify planned future trails. RTC also met and worked with more than 200 local trail partners […]

On Sept. 22, 2020, I started my four-day, 300-mile skate journey. The route took me through many cities, such as Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, as well as rural forest areas and cornfields. Although I faced a lot of obstacles along the way, the weather was generally perfect—warm days feeling that dimming autumn sun.

The Ohio Trails Partnership and RTC marked the 6th anniversary of the Ohio’s Legislative Trails Caucus by calling on legislators to strategically invest in the statewide trails system.

“This towpath has made it so much easier for people to feel comfortable riding their bikes to a lot of places,” DevahD said. “You can shop off the towpath. You can eat off the towpath. You can play off the towpath. It can’t get any better than this.”

A Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) TrailNation project, and led in partnership with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) and the National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA), the Industrial Heartlands Trail Coalition brings together leaders from more than 100 agencies and organizations across four states– Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia, to establish the Industrial […]