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Mural along Metropolitan Branch Trail | Photo by TrailLink user hirhoward

D.C. Residents Turn Out for Bike and Walk Tours of New Trail

Posted 09/28/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with District Of Columbia, Local Organizing, Urban Pathways

A major section of Washington, D.C.'s long-awaited Metropolitan Branch Trail is now under construction and close to completion. The first layer of asphalt was put down last week between Franklin Street and Rhode Island Avenue, and construction continues south to New York Avenue along the rest of this 1.5-mile section of trail in the Edgewood and Eckington neighborhoods.

Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park | Photo by Scott Stark

Virginia's Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park

Posted 12/01/08 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, Hall of Fame, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month, Virginia

You'll find the eastern trailhead of the 44.8-mile Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Railroad Regional Park in Arlington, smack in the middle of northern Virginia's vibrant scene and only a few miles from downtown D.C.

Elroy-Sparta State Trail | Photo by Eric Reischl Photography

Wisconsin's Elroy-Sparta State Trail

Posted 09/01/08 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, Hall of Fame, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month, Wisconsin

Much is memorable about Wisconsin's 32-mile Elroy-Sparta State Trail, but visitors often leave especially chirpy about the pathway's three tunnels—and particularly the spontaneous chorus of singing and whistling that echoes through them on busy days.

Minuteman Bikeway | Photo courtesy Friends of Lexington Bikeways

Massachusetts' Minuteman Commuter Bikeway

Posted 06/01/08 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Hall of Fame, Massachusetts, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

May and June in Boston can be tough to predict weather-wise. But as soon as the chilly drizzles of winter dry out and the clouds peel apart, you can be certain of one spring ritual: restless legs start pouring out onto the city's many trails and pathways. And no stretch of asphalt feels the joyful tread of more heels and wheels than the 10.4-mile Minuteman Bikeway, which Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) recently named as the fifth inductee to its Rail-Trail Hall of Fame.

Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail | Photo by Eli Griffen

Florida's Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail

Posted 10/01/07 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, Florida, Hall of Fame, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

Great rail-trails very seldom sit still. They branch out; they bridge; they knit together communities. They turn pathways into parks, commutes into convenience, stress into safety, exercise into recreation. And few rail-trails have worked harder to inspire healthy activity than Florida's 34-mile Pinellas Trail, built along the old CSX Railroad right-of-way from Tarpon Springs south to St. Petersburg—where average winter temperatures in the 70s, tidal waterways and the salt-sticky smell of ocean have made the greenway one of the most trafficked in the country.