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New TrailLink.com - Moving Fast With the High Tech World of Trail Mapping

Posted 08/08/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Mapping and Technology, RTC in Action

When Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) launched our trail-finder website, TrailLink.com, way back in 2000, its uniqueness was based on a simple premise: Combine our own extensive trail experience with the input, reviews and photos of thousands of trail users around the country-and with all external submissions vetted by RTC's own expert staff. The result was a free trail-finder service unmatched in terms of coverage but also accuracy.

Photo © Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza

More Rail-Trail Miles a Key to Growth in Terre Haute, Ind.

Posted 08/06/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Health and Active Living, Indiana, Walkability and Bikeability

This weekend, the local newspaper for Terre Haute, Indiana, ran a terrific article examining the popularity of existing rail-trails and the potential to develop more underused rail corridors into public walking and biking pathways to solve a number of pressing transportation and connectivity issues.

A Head for Business Pays Dividends for Danvers Rail Trail, Mass.

Posted 08/01/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Massachusetts, Private Fundraising

Last year we wrote about the tremendous grassroots effort out of northeast Massachusetts to develop the Danvers Rail Trail. The Danvers Rail Trail Advisory Committee rallied the town's business community to support the extension of this popular community asset through a mile-marker sponsorship program, generating thousands of dollars for trail maintenance and creating a strong trail community in the process.

Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike and Hike Trail, Kentucky

Posted 08/01/12 by Laura Stark in America's Trails | Tagged with Kentucky, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month, Wild and Wonderful

Kentucky is perhaps best known for its horses, bluegrass and bourbon, but beneath the rolling hills of the state's Green River valley lies a natural treasure unmatched in the world: Mammoth Cave. With 390 miles of passages, it's the world's longest cave, more than double the length of its closest competitor. And now, thanks to the nine-mile Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike & Hike Trail, this geologic wonder is accessible by rail-trail.

Photo © Friends of the Northern Rail Trail

Strong Friends Group the Driving Force Behind Northern Rail Trail in New Hampshire

Posted 07/26/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Maintenance and Volunteers, New Hampshire, State and Federal Programs, Winter Uses

One of the great stories in Community Built features Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in rural New Hampshire. Now the longest rail-trail in the state, the corridor follows the right-of-way of the former Northern Railroad, which discontinued service in 1970. It is currently 49 miles long and will eventually cover 57.5 miles when completed.

Community Throws a Party for the W&OD Trail in Virginia

Posted 07/17/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Community Events, Encouraging Trail Use, Health and Active Living, Virginia

For people who live in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail is a part of everyday life. Later this year, the W&OD will be the guest of honor at the second annual Dominion Trail Mix, a great community party hosted by the good folks at the Greater Washington Sports Alliance.