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Rails to Trails Conservancy’s TrailBlog explores the world of trails, walking and bicycling, including industry news, amazing and impactful trail destinations, the unique history to be found across trails and the movement, and the leaders and communities shaping trail network development today. Get stories emailed to your inbox each month.

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Group walking during IHTC's Kiski Bridge opening on Pennsylvania's Armstrong Trails | Photo courtesy Chris Ziegler

America’s Trails

TrailNation in Action: Creating Lasting Impact in 2024

RTC’s TrailNation™ initiative encompassing eight projects ranging from 35 to 2,600 miles that are serving as trail network models.

Midtown Greenway - View from 13th Avenue overlooking the trail | Photo courtesy Midtown Greenway Coalition

America’s Trails

America’s Trail Moment, Celebrating Progress and Pursuing Possibility

This is a critical moment for the trails movement. Rail-trails AND trail networks being developed in every single state

RTC's Kevin Belle at the First Ave Trail Great American Rail-Trail historical marker | Photo courtesy RTC

New Partnership to Commemorate History Along 42,000 Miles of Multiuse Trails Nationwide

Rails to Trails Conservancy and William G. Pomeroy Foundation® launch Trails Across America Historical Marker Grant Program

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Group walking during IHTC's Kiski Bridge opening on Pennsylvania's Armstrong Trails | Photo courtesy Chris Ziegler

America’s Trails

TrailNation in Action: Creating Lasting Impact in 2024

Midtown Greenway - View from 13th Avenue overlooking the trail | Photo courtesy Midtown Greenway Coalition

America’s Trails

America’s Trail Moment, Celebrating Progress and Pursuing Possibility

RTC's Kevin Belle at the First Ave Trail Great American Rail-Trail historical marker | Photo courtesy RTC

New Partnership to Commemorate History Along 42,000 Miles of Multiuse Trails Nationwide

Working at the Pinhoti Pizza Company | Photo courtesy Maggie Cunningham

Trail Moments: In Piedmont, Alabama, a Slice of Pizza Comes With a Side of Adventure

Washington, DC, USA - June 22, 2022: Front view of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters in the Southeast Federal Center in Washington, DC.

Local Elected Officials and Business Leaders Nationwide Collectively Call for Continued Federal Investment in Trails, Walking and Biking

Longleaf Trace trailhead in Prentiss, Mississippi | Photo by Jake Lynch

America’s Trails

Mississippi’s Longleaf Trace: April 2025 Trail of the Month

Seven Ways to Enjoy Your Favorite Trail

Group of trail runners in Baltimore, MD | Photo by Allison Abruscato

Five Reasons to Get Outside on Trails This Spring

David Margolis | Photo by Phil Kidd

Leveraging Celebrate Trails Day Advocacy in Cuyahoga County

View of Liberty Bridge from the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville, South Carolina | Photo by Barry Peters

Standing Up for Trails

The fire engine house used by John Brown and some of his men in the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 | Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LCDIG-ppmsca-40573 (digital file from original item)

America’s Trails

Revisiting John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

Clark at her October induction and (right) with Rails to Trails Conservancy staff and colleagues | Joe LaCroix, courtesy Rails to Trails Conservancy

Success Stories

Rail-Trail Champion Sarah Clark Stuart On Philadelphia’s Visionary Trail Network

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