- List of rail trails
This is a list of
rail trail s around the world. Rail trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed forpedestrian ,bicycle ,skating , equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Most are multiusetrail s offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access and right-of-way to the routes. [ [http://www.in.gov/dnr/trailsplan/pdf/trailsplan.pdf (PDF) Final Draft July, 2006 The Indiana State Trails, Greenways and Bikeways Plan] atIndiana Trails Plan (DNR)]Asia
* Parts of flagicon|Thailand flagicon|Myanmar
Thailand -Burmah Death Railway .Europe
United Kingdom
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Airdrie to Bathgate _ (ctrl-click)">cite web | title = Rail Trails (UK) | work = List and details on several trails | publisher = LPS marketing | date = | url = http://www.cobr.co.uk/e-cobr_information/cycling_initiatives/sections/rail_trails/rail_trails.shtml | format = Web | doi = | accessdate = 2007-04-24 ]
*The Alban Way
*Brampton Valley Way
*Bristol & Bath Railway Path
*Bure Valley Railway
*Camel Trail
*Cuckoo Trail
*Deeside Way
*Downs Link
*The Ebury Way Cycle Path
*Five Pits Trail
*Formartine and Buchan Way
*Hamble Rail Trail
*Hayling Billy Trail [http://www.havant.gov.uk/havant-2646]
* High Peak &Tissington Trail s
*Hillend Loch Railway Path
*The Historic Rail Trail , (Goathland toGrosmont , along originalWhitby and Pickering Railway alignment)
*Hornsea Rail Trail
*Jersey Railway
*The Granite Way , Devon [http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/cycling/lydford.shtml]
*Lanchester Valley Railway Path
*Longdendale Trail
*Lôn Eifion
*Lôn Las Menai
*Manifold Way
*Mawddach Trail
* Meon Valley Railway Line
*Mineral Tramway , Cornwall 25 miles coast-to-coast [http://www.chycor.co.uk/holidays/cycling-in-cornwall/tramway/coast_to_coast.htm] [http://www.shimbo.co.uk/history/tramway.htm]
*Middlewood Way
*Monsal Trail
*National Cycle Network
*Nicky Line
*North Dorset Trailway [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=335786]
*North Liverpool Extension Line
*Paisley & Clyde railway path
*The Parkland Walk , London
*Phoenix Trail
* Scarborough & Whitby RailTrail
*Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
* The Strawberry Line (Yatton railway station toCheddar )
* Parts of theTaff Trail
* Parts of theTarka Trail
*Testway
*Wirral Country Park
*The Worth Way
*Ystwyth Trail In planning/under construction
* Two Tunnels Shared Path on alignment of old
Combe Down Tunnel onSomerset & Dorset Railway .Belgium
* Most of Line 160 from
Brussels toTervuren [cite web |url=http://cheminsdurail.ligne54.be/160BruxellesTervuren.html |title=Ligne 160: Bruxelles - Tervuren |language=French and Dutch |accessdate=2007-03-02]Germany
* Part of the
Vennbahn system, the section betweeAachen andMonschau has been converted, other sections remain inactive railwaysDenmark
* "
Himmerlandsstien " 70 km betweenViborg andLøgstør in the northern part ofJutland opened2007 [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmerlandsstien] (in Danish)
* "Naturstien Horsens-Silkeborg " Naturetrail... 60 km betweenHorsens -Silkeborg in the midtle of Jutland [http://www.skovognatur.dk/NR/rdonlyres/DFA1A1F7-4FD8-4748-BB21-6168E68E2693/0/26_Horsens_silkeborg_kort.pdf] (map with Danish text)Luxembourg
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Clemency, Luxembourg Spain
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Vía Verde de la Sierra (mountain's rail track), CádizNorth America
Canada
* [http://www.sentiermaritime.com/ Water trails in Canada]
* [http://www.seakayakingcanada.com/ Tours on Canadian water trails]Mexico
* The abandoned
Mexico City toCuernavaca line (Linea C) transformed into a "ciclopista" or "ciclovía" (bicycle trail) [http://www.fimevic.df.gob.mx/ciclovia/ciclovia.htm] (in Spanish only)United States
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East Coast Greenway Alabama
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Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Trail
*Chief Ladiga Trail
*Horse Creek Trail
*Marion Walking Trail
*Old Railroad Bed Trail
*Richard Martin Trail
*Robertsdale Trail
*Swayback Bridge Trail
*Vulcan Trail Alaska
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Chase Trail
*Iditarod National Historic Trail
*Tony Knowles Coastal Bicycle Trails Arizona
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Apache Railroad Trail
*Indian Springs Trail
*Iron King Trail
* Mohave and Milltown Railway Trails
*Peavine Trail
*Sonoita Creek Railroad Trail Arkansas
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Arkadelphia's Feaster Trail
*Big Spring Nature Trail
*Delta Heritage Trail
*Hazen Trail
*Hot Springs Creek Greenway
*Levee Walking Trail
* Little Rock's River Trail
*Marvell Bike Trail
*Old Railroad Trail
*Ouachita National Recreation Trail
*Ozark Highlands Trail California
* Mount Lowe Railroad Trail
*Iron Horse Regional Trail
*Ohlone Trail
*Richmond Greenway
*Ojai Valley Trail [ [http://www.caskating.com/Tour.do?key=184&state=promptTourView Casitas Springs -- Ojai Valley Trail South] ] [ [http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=BGS111-027 Ojai Valley Trail] ]
*Ventura River Trail Colorado
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Alpine Tunnel Connecticut
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Airline State Park
*Farmington Canal Trail
*Hop River State Park Trail
*Larkin Bridle Path
*Meriden Linear Trail
* Shepaug GreenwayDelaware
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Junction and Breakwater Trail Florida
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Cady Way Trail
*Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park
*West Orange Trail
* Pinellas TrailGeorgia
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Silver Comet Trail
*Belt Line (Atlanta) Idaho
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Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
*Bill Chipman Palouse Trail Illinois
* Bloomingdale Trail,
Wicker Park, Chicago "Proposed".
*Burnham Greenway [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Hammond.html] : Chicago.
*Constitution Trail :Bloomington-Normal, Illinois .
* Great Western Trail.
*Illinois Prairie Path :Chicago, Illinois and vicinity.
* Intrerurban Trail:Springfield, Illinois toChatham, Illinois .
*Jane Addams Trail :Freeport, Illinois toWisconsin state line
*Long Prairie Trail :Boone County, Illinois
*Lost Bridge Trail :Springfield, Illinois toRochester, Illinois .
*Nickle Plate Trail [http://www.mcttrails.org/] :Pontoon Beach, Illinois toEdwardsville, Illinois
*Pecatonica Prairie Path :Freeport, Illinois to nearRockford, Illinois
*Pennsy Greenway [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Munster.html] : Lansing.
*Rock Island Trail State Park .
*Schoolhouse Trail [http://www.mcttrails.org/] :Madison, Illinois toTroy, Illinois
*Stone Bridge Trail :Rockton, Illinois toBoone County, Illinois line
*Watershed Trail [http://www.mcttrails.org/] :Roxana, Illinois toEdwardsville, Illinois Indiana
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LaSalle Trail [http://www.sjcparks.org/lasalle.html ] : Greater South Bend
*Monon Trail :Indianapolis and northern suburbs
*Nickel Plate Trail ,Miami County, Indiana
*Cardinal Greenway : Richmond to Marion via Muncie
*Pumpkinvine Nature Trail [http://www.pumpkinvine.org/ ] : Elkhart and Lagrange Counties
*Erie Lackawanna Trail [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Munster.html] : Hammond to Crown Point
*Oak Savannah Trail [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Oak_Savannah.html] : Griffith to Hobart
*Prairie Duneland Trail [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Portage.html] : Portage to ChestertonIowa
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Cedar Valley Trail
* Great Western Trail
*Heritage Trail
*Summerset Trail
* Wabash Trace TrailKansas
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Flint Hills Nature Trail
*Haskell Rail Trail
*Landon Trail
*Prairie Spirit Trail State Park
*Välkommen Trail (entirely within the city limits of Lindsborg)
*Whistle Stop Trail Kentucky
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Paducah and Louisville Rail Trail connecting Greenville and Central CityIn planning/under construction
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Big Four Bridge (Louisville)
*C&O Rail Trail from Lexington to Coalton
*K&I Bridge (Louisville) : Would utilize the former and now abandoned automobile lanes.Louisiana
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Tammany Trace [http://www.tammanytrace.org/ ] : 31 mile trail on north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.Maine
*Mountain Division Trail
Maryland
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Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland
*Baltimore & Annapolis Trail
*Capital Crescent Trail : Maryland and Washington, DC
*College Park Trolley Trail
*Cross Island Trail
*Great Allegheny Passage
*Ma and Pa Trail
*North Bethesda Trail
*Northern Central Railroad Trail or NCR Trail
*Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
*Western Maryland Rail Trail Massachusetts
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Ashuwillticook Rail Trail (11 miles in North Berkshires)
*Blackstone Valley Rail (near Worcester)
*Bruce Freeman Rail Trail [http://www.brucefreemanrailtrail.org/ ] (Lowell to Framingham)
*Canalside Rail Trail (Turners Falls)
*Cape Cod Rail Trail
*Manhan Rail Trail (Easthampton)
*Minuteman Bikeway (Bedford to Cambridge)
*Nashua River Rail Trail (Ayer, Massachusetts toNashua, New Hampshire )
*Norwottuck Rail Trail (Northampton to Belchertown)
*Shining Sea Bikeway (Falmouth to Woods Hole)
*Somerville Community Path In planning/under construction
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Mass Central Rail-Trail [http://www.masscentralrailtrail.org/ ] (Northampton, working toward Boston)Michigan
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Bay City, Michigan Railtrail & Riverwalk
*Hart-Montague Trail State Park
*Kal-Haven Trail
*Leelanau Trail
*Pere Marquette Rail-Trail
*TART Trail
*Van Buren Trail State Park
*White Pine Trail State Park Minnesota
Mississippi
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Longleaf Trace In planning/under construction
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Tanglefoot Trail - Proposed from Houston, MS to New Albany, MS (43 miles)Missouri
* Grant's Trail [http://bikeways.ridefinders.org/viewer.htm] , near
Grant's Farm
* Katy Trail, the longest rail trail in the United States
*M.K.T. Trail , inColumbia, Missouri Montana
* Route of the "Hiawatha" Mountain Bike Trail
Nebraska
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Cowboy Trail
*Great Plains Trail Network [http://www.gptn.org ]New Hampshire
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Nashua River Rail Trail
*Sugar River Recreation Trail New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
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American Tobacco Trail Ohio
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Western Reserve Greenway [http://www.ashtabulacountymetroparks.org/trail.htm ] : Ashtabula County
*Greenway Corridor Bikeway [http://www.lakemetroparks.com/HTML/NatureParks/Bike%20Trail/Greenway%20Corridor%20Bike%20Trail.htm ] : Lake and Geauga Counties
*Conotton Creek Trail : Harrison County
*Holmes County Trail [http://www.holmestrail.org/ ] : Holmes County
*Kokosing Gap Trail [http://www.kokosinggaptrail.org/ ] : Knox County
*Little Miami Bike Trail
*Maple Highlands Trail [http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/parks/maplehighlands.shtml ] : Lake and Geauga Counties
*Mohican Valley Trail [http://www.visitknoxohio.org/index.phtml?article=mvtrail ] : Knox County
*The Ohio to Erie Trail [http://www.ohiotoerietrail.com/ ] : Cincinnati to Columbus to Cleveland
*Richland B & O Trail [http://home.earthlink.net/~bikeohio/bnotrail.html ] : Richland County
*Bike & Hike Trail [http://www.summitmetroparks.org/parks/bike_hike.shtml ] : Summit County
*University/Parks Trail : Lucas CountyIn planning/under construction
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Owl Creek Trail [http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/012505/grant.html ] : Knox CountyOregon
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Banks-Vernonia State Trail
*OC&E Woods Line State Trail
*Row River National Recreation Trail [http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails/blm/rowriver-or.html]
*Springwater Corridor [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=679]Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
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East Bay Bike Path
*Blackstone Valley Rail -Providence, Hartford and Fishkill railroad right of way-
*Washington Secondary Bike Path / Rail Trail, commonly referred to as,Cranston Bike Path ,Warwick Bike Path ,West Warwick Bike Path andCoventry Greenway
*Trestle Trail , the unpaved section of the Coventry Greenway that Extends to the Ct. Border.South Dakota
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George S. Mickelson Trail Texas
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Caprock Canyons Trailway [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/caprock_canyons/ ] : A 64.25 mile trail 100 miles southeast of Amarillo.
*Denton Branch Rail Trail [http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/parksrailtrail.cfm ] : 8 mile trail
*Harrisburg-Sunset Trail [http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/harrisburg.htm ] : 5 mile trail in Houston
* Katy Trail, a 3.5 mile recreational trail that runs along the abandoned right-of-way of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad in Dallas.
*Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_mineral_wells/trailway.phtml ] : A 20 mile trail 50 miles west of Fort Worth.In planning/under construction
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Columbia Tap [http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/columbiataprailtotrail.htm ] : 4 miles. Houston.
*MKT/SP Trail [http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/mktrailtotrails.htm] : 6 miles. Houston Heights.Vermont
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Delaware & Hudson Rail-Trail [http://www.bikekinetix.com/t_vt/vt_rail/delaware_hudson_rt.php]*
Cross Vermont Trail [http://www.crossvermont.org/index.php]Virginia
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Bluemont Junction Trail
*Huckleberry Trail
*New River Trail
*Virginia Creeper Trail
*Warrenton Branch Greenway
* Washington & Old Dominion Railroad TrailIn planning/under construction
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Blue Ridge Tunnel
*Blue Ridge Railway Trail
*Railroad Heritage Trail [http://www.friendsdrht.org]*
Burke Gilman Trail -Seattle and suburbscite web
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*Cedar River Trail - King County
*Cedar to Green River Trail - King County
*Centennial Trail - Snohomish County
*Chehalis Western Trail - Thurston County
*East Lake Sammamish Trail - King County
*Klickitat Trail - Klickitat County
* Foothills Trail - Pierce County
*Interurban Trail (King County) - King County
*Interurban Trail (Snohomish County) - Snohomish County [http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Parks/Information/Park_Directory/Regional_Parks/Interurban_Trail.htm]
*Interurban Trail (Whatcom County) - Bellingham & Whatcom County
*Iron Horse State Park - also known as the "Iron Horse Trail" or "John Wayne Pioneer Trail".
*Sammamish River Trail - King County
*Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail - King County
*Yelm-Tenino Trail - Thurston CountyWashington, DC
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Capital Crescent Trail - Maryland and Washington, DCWest Virginia
Wisconsin
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Ahnapee State Trail
*Elroy-Sparta State Trail
*Osaugee Recreational Trail
*Ozaukee Interurban Trail
*Sugar River State Trail
*Tri-County Recreational Corridor Wyoming
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City of Casper Trail System : Includes several miles of former Union Pacific rail line converted to concrete and gravel paths stretching from the downtown area, east into Evansville.Oceania
Australia
New South Wales
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Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel ,Wollemi National Park
* The Fernleigh Track,Newcastle, New South Wales outh Australia
*
Riesling Trail cite web | title = Railtrails Australia Home | work = Trail descriptions and news | publisher = Railtrails Australia, Inc | date = | url = http://www.railtrails.org.au/states/trails.php3?action=trail&trail=41 | format = Web | doi = | accessdate = 2007-06-03 ]
* Coast to Vines Rail Trail
*Rattler Rail Trail Victoria
Trails following former railway lines
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Bass Coast Rail Trail ,Gippsland , Victoria
*Bellarine Rail Trail ,Bellarine Peninsula , Victoria
*Capital City Trail ,Melbourne , Victoria (trail takes in the former Inner Circle railway line.)
*East Gippsland Rail Trail ,East Gippsland , Victoria
*Great Southern Rail Trail ,Gippsland , Victoria
*High Country Rail Trail ,Lake Hume , Victoria
*Murray to the Mountains ,Wangaratta, Victoria
*Outer Circle Rail Trail ,Melbourne
*Tyers Valley Tramway
*Warburton Rail Trail ,Warburton, Victoria Trails following current railway lines
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Belgrave Rail Trail ,Melbourne
*Upfield Rail Trail ,Melbourne Western Australia
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Railway Reserve Heritage Trail , Shire of Mundaring,Western Australia New Zealand
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Dun Mountain Railway#The Dun Mountain Walkway
*Little River Rail Trail
*Otago Central Rail Trail
*Rimutaka Incline - former Fell railwayPipeline trails
Trails similar to rail trails can follow other infrastructure, such as water pipelines.
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Tolt pipeline trail
*Syndal Heatherdale Pipe Reserve Trail
*List of pipeline trails Canal trails
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Long Level on theErie Canal
*C&O Canal towpathReferences
* [http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/trails1.htm Rail Trails, Towpaths And Other Trails In Ohio]
External links
* [http://www.railtrails.org Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, United States]
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