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Mississippi’s Tanglefoot Trail

Posted 08/06/19 by Laura Stark in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, Hall of Fame, Local Organizing, Mississippi, Tourism , Tourism and Economic Development, Tourism and Economic Stimulus, Trail Businesses, Trail Communities, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month, Walkability and Bikeability

Mississippi's Tanglefoot Trail | Photo by Wendy Crosby, courtesy mightybus.wordpress.com

Something new came to northeast Mississippi in 2013, winding through a handful of sleepy towns nestled into the bucolic foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and awakening a new sense of community pride. All 43.6 miles of the Tanglefoot Trail opened at once, becoming the longest rail-trail in the state, and connecting these communities together like never before.

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Longleaf Trace | Photo by Jake Lynch

The Longleaf Trace Is a Beautiful Beacon for Health, Revitalization in Mississippi

Posted 07/12/19 by Maggie McAden in America's Trails | Tagged with Mississippi, Trail Businesses, Trail Communities, Trail Destinations, TrailsTransform, Walkability and Bikeability

Lined with a diverse array of foliage, the 43-mile Longleaf Trace takes trail users from Prentiss to Hattiesburg, connecting three counties and multiple towns as it rambles through tunnels, over bridges and along woods and wetlands. The trail—a beacon for outdoor enthusiasts—has spurs that connect to parks, campgrounds and lakes.

It’s Time to Vote for America’s 2019 Rail-Trail Hall of Famer

Posted 07/01/19 by Maggie McAden in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, Hall of Fame, Mississippi, New Jersey, Wisconsin

We leave it up to you—America’s trail enthusiasts—to select our 33rd Rail-Trail Hall of Fame inductee! Voting will run July 2–10, and you can vote as many times as you want before the deadline! Please let us know which trail you believe deserves a place among America’s list of most superlative pathways—and encourage your friends and family to vote as well! We’ll unveil the winner on July 19 in the 2019 Green Issue of Rails to Trails magazine.

A peaceful, rural scene along the Tanglefoot Trail | Photo by Melissa Campbell

Mississippi’s Tanglefoot Trail

Posted 08/12/15 by Laura Stark in America's Trails | Tagged with Mississippi, Tourism and Economic Stimulus, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

At 44 miles, the Tanglefoot Trail has edged out the Longleaf Trace for the longest rail-trail in the state and can easily rub shoulders with the Rail-Trail Hall of Famer in terms of scenery, friendly towns, historical significance and trailside amenities. Its feeling is undeniably rural; cattle and sheep roam the pastures alongside the trail, and fields of soybeans, cotton and corn unfold under a wide sky.

Longleaf Trace | Photo by Jake Lynch

Mississippi's Longleaf Trace

Posted 08/01/10 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, Hall of Fame, Mississippi, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

In Mississippi's Piney Woods country, vast forests of longleaf and slash pines once ruled the landscape. Much of that original growth disappeared in the timber boom that lasted into the 1920s, but you can still find plenty of remnants and recovering woodlands that give the state its familiar matting of pine straw and pine cones. So if you're keen to needle your way across the Pine Belt, and to re-trace the path of industry and settlement in Mississippi, you won't find a more appropriate route than the 40.25-mile Longleaf Trace.