Ice Age Trail segment in Cross Plains will soon feature more trail, less pavement

CROSS PLAINS — Hikers on the portion of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail that runs through this western Dane County village ...
Seattle Times

Biking the scenic Washington state section of the Great American Rail-Trail

AS I RIDE THROUGH the heart of the mountain, a tiny fear takes hold. I should’ve anticipated it, considering all the warnings I’d heard at the old Hyak train station moments before I entered the dark, ...
The Evening Sun

New wetlands section of the Hanover Trolley Trail opens for hikes and bikes in nature

Nestled in farmland off of Route 116, many who drove past the Oil Creek every day might not have even noticed the wetlands a few hundred yards from their commute. Thanks to restoration work undertaken ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Bronzeville Trail receives $900,000 grant for development of landscape design, study of rail history

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KRQE Blogs

First segment of the Rail Trail opening in the Sawmill District

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A trail project connecting popular areas of Albuquerque is about to open its first leg. And even as the Trump Administration pulls funding for the trail’s future segments, ...
Rutland Herald

Quarry Valley School Board talks Slate Valley Trail proposal at Poultney Elementary

The Quarry Valley Unified Union School Board reviewed a proposal at its Oct. 9 meeting that would reroute a portion of a Slate Valley Trail network onto Poultney Elementary School property.
NorthJersey.com

First phase of Highlands Rail Trail opens in Wanaque, transforming old railway

The New York & Greenwood Lake Railway once carried ice, iron ore and weekend tourists through northern Passaic County. Nearly six decades after its last trains departed, its rail bed has reopened as ...
NJ.com

Walk, run, or ride: N.J.’s newest rail trail is now open

The newest piece of the state’s expanding greenway is officially open to the public. Passaic County Commissioner John Bartlett cut the ribbon on the Highlands Rail Trail, a 2-mile stretch of old train ...
Pocono Record

Where to catch Pennsylvania's fall colors right now, according to DCNR's foliage report

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has released its foliage report for Sept. 25 through Oct. 1, giving leaf peepers a look at what’s happening across the state ...
Penn Live

First look at Pa. fall foliage: ‘Don’t wait too long, this year’s peak will come fast’

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources have posted their first of several weekly projections for fall foliage across the state in 2025. “Northern counties are already ...
The Washington Post

Meet us on the rail trail

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