List of rail trails in the United States

This is a list of notable rail trails in the United States.

Multi-state

• East Coast Greenway
• Great Allegheny Passage
• Great American Rail-Trail
• Yellowstone Branch Line Trail

Alabama

• Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Trail
• Chief Ladiga Trail
• Hillsboro Trail
• Horse Creek Trail
• Marion Walking Trail
• Old Railroad Bed Trail
• Richard Martin Trail
• Robertsdale Trail
• Swayback Bridge Trail
• Vulcan Trail

Alaska

• Chase Trail
• Iditarod National Historic Trail
• Tony Knowles Coastal Bicycle Trails

Arizona

• Apache Railroad Trail
• Indian Springs Trail
• Iron King Trail
• Mohave and Milltown Railway Trails
• Peavine Trail
• Sonoita Creek Railroad Trail

Arkansas

• 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

• Bizz Johnson Trail in Lassen County, accessible from Susanville.
• Clovis Old Town Trail, runs approximately 7 miles (11 km) on former Southern Pacific right-of-way in Clovis
• Colton Ave. rail-trail, runs approximately 1.7 miles along Colton Ave. and Inland Center Drive in Colton and San Bernardino on former Pacific-Electric right-of-way
• Duarte Bike Trail, spans 1.6 miles from Buena Vista Street to Vineyard Avenue in Duarte, using a portion of Pacific Electric's former Glendora line
• El Dorado Trail
• Fairfield Linear Park
• Great Redwood Trail
• Great Shasta Rail Trail
• Iron Horse Regional Trail
• Joe Rodota Trail 8.5 mi (13.7 km) pedestrian/bicycle path, using the former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad line between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol
• Los Angeles Metro Expo Line
• Marina Green pedestrian/bicycle path, using the portion of the former San Francisco Belt Railroad west of Fort Mason
• Mount Lowe Railroad Trail
• Ohlone Greenway
• Orange Blossom Trail, runs approximately 1.3 miles on former Santa Fe "kite-shaped track" right-of-way in Redlands
• Pacific Electric Trail, spans 19.5 miles from Claremont to Rialto, using a portion of Pacific Electric's former San Bernardino line
• Richmond Greenway
• Santa Clara River Trail
• Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
• South San Francisco Centennial Way
• Sugar Pine Trail, runs approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) on former Southern Pacific right-of-way in Fresno
• Three Creeks Trail
• Union Pacific Railroad right of way in Brea
• Ventura River Parkway Trail 16.5 mi (26.6 km) pedestrian/bicycle/equestrian path, using the former Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad line between Ventura and Ojai
• Walnut Trail
• West County Trail 5.5 mi (8.9 km) pedestrian/bicycle path, using the former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad line between Sebastopol and Forestville

Colorado

• Alpine Tunnel
• DRGW Aspen Branch
• Rock Island Trail
• Switzerland Trail
• Manitou Incline is the remains of a former 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge funicular railway with an average grade of 45% (24°) and as steep as 68% (34°) in places.

Connecticut

• Air Line State Park Trail
• Branford Trolley Trail
• Farmington Canal Trail
• Farmington River Trail
• Hop River State Park Trail
• Housatonic Rail Trail
• Larkin State Park Trail
• Mattabesset River Bike Path
• Middlebury Greenway
• Moosup Valley State Park Trail
• Quinnipiac River Gorge Trail
• Ridgefield Rail Trail
• Shepaug Greenway

Delaware

• Junction and Breakwater Trail

Florida

Georgia

• Atlanta BeltLine
• Columbus Fall Line Trace
• Firefly Trail
• Silver Comet Trail

Idaho

• Ashton to Tetonia Trail
• Bill Chipman Palouse Trail
• Ed Corkill Trail
• Latah Trail
• Route of the Hiawatha mountain bike trail
• Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
• Weiser River Trail
• Wood River Trail
• Yellowstone Branch Line Trail
• Victor to Driggs Rail Trail

Illinois

• Bloomingdale Trail, Wicker Park, Chicago
• Burnham Greenway, Chicago
• Constitution Trail, Bloomington-Normal
• Great River Trail, Savanna to Rock Island
• Great Western Trail, Chicago area
• Green Bay Trail, North Shore suburbs of Chicago
• Illinois Prairie Path, Chicago and vicinity.
• Interurban Trail, Springfield to Chatham
• Jane Addams Trail, Freeport to the Wisconsin state line
• Kickapoo Rail Trail, Urbana to Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Danville
• Long Prairie Trail, Boone County
• Lost Bridge Trail, Springfield to Rochester
• Nickel Plate Trail, New Douglas to Pontoon Beach
• Old Plank Road Trail, Joliet to Chicago Heights
• Pecatonica Prairie Path, Freeport to near Rockford
• Pennsy Greenway, Lansing
• Rock Island Trail State Park, Peoria to Toulon
• Sangamon Valley Trail, Springfield
• Schoolhouse Trail, Madison to Troy
• Skokie Valley Trail, Sauganash community of Chicago to Highland Park
• Stone Bridge Trail: Rockton to the Boone County line
• Tunnel Hill State Trail, Harrisburg to Karnak
• Wabash Trail, Springfield
• Watershed Trail, Roxana to Edwardsville

Indiana

• Big-4 Rail Trail, Whitestown to Zionsville
• B-Line Trail, Bloomington
• B&O Trail, Brownsburg to Indianapolis via Speedway
• Cardinal Greenway, Richmond to Marion via Muncie
• Chessie Trail, LaPorte County
• Coal Line Trail, South Bend
• Erie Lackawanna Trail, Hammond to Crown Point
• Indiana-Michigan River Valley Trail (includes LaSalle Trail), Greater South Bend
• Monon Trail, Indianapolis and northern suburbs
• Nickel Plate Trail, Northern Indiana
• Oak Savannah Trail, Griffith to Hobart
• Panhandle Pathway, Cass and Pulaski Counties
• Pennsy Trail, Indianapolis to Greenfield via Cumberland
• Prairie Duneland Trail, Portage to Chesterton
• Pufferbelly Trail, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Elkhart and Lagrange Counties

Iowa

• Cedar Valley Trail
• Chichaqua Valley Trail
• Great Western Trail
• Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
• Heritage Trail
• High Trestle Trail, formerly Ankeny to Woodward Trail
• Krushchev in Iowa Trail, formerly Corn Diplomacy Trail
• Raccoon River Valley Trail
• Summerset Trail
• Wabash Trace Nature Trail

Kansas

• Blue River Rail Trail
• Flint Hills Nature Trail
• Haskell Rail Trail
• Landon Trail
• Prairie Spirit Trail State Park
• Välkommen Trail, entirely within the city limits of Lindsborg

Kentucky

• Big Four Bridge
• Dawkins Line Rail Trail, from Hagerhill to Royalton; when phase two is completed, the trail will extend into Breathitt County
• Paducah and Louisville Rail Trail, connecting Greenville and Central City

In planning/under construction

• C&O Rail Trail, from Lexington to Coalton
• K&I Bridge, would utilize the former and now abandoned automobile lanes

Louisiana

• Tammany Trace, 31 mile trail on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain

Maine

• Back Cove Trail (Portland)
• Calais Waterfront Walkway
• Down East Sunrise Trail (Ellsworth—Calais)
• Eastern Promenade Trail (Portland)
• Eastern Trail (Kennebunk—South Portland)
• Kennebec River Rail Trail (Augusta—Gardiner)
• Mountain Division Trail (Oxford County and Cumberland County)
• Papermill Trail (Lisbon)
• Passy Rail Trail (Belfast)
• West Side Trail (Yarmouth)

Maryland

• Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland
• Baltimore & Annapolis Trail
• Bethesda Trolley Trail
• Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and Washington, DC
• Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail
• College Park Trolley Trail
• Cross Island Trail
• Easton Rails-to-Trails
• Indian Head Rail Trail
• Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway Trail
• Ma and Pa Trail
• Poplar Avenue Trail, Annapolis (part of former Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad)
• Savage Mill Trail
• Three Notch Trail
• Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail, formerly Northern Central Railroad Trail
• Trolley Line Number 9 Trail
• Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
• Wayne Gilchrest Trail
• Western Maryland Rail Trail

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

• Longleaf Trace, Hattiesburg to Prentiss (41 miles)
• Oxford Depot Trail and South Campus Rail Trail
• Tanglefoot Trail, Houston to New Albany (43.6 miles)

Missouri

• Al Foster Trail in west St. Louis County
• Grant's Trail, near Grant's Farm
• Katy Trail, the longest rail trail in the United States
• MKT Trail, Columbia
• Rock Island Trail State Park
• Frisco Highline Trail

Montana

• Centennial Trail (Montana)
• Olympian Trail
• Route of the Hiawatha bike trail
• Yellowstone Branch Line Trail

Nebraska

• Cowboy Trail
• Great Plains Trail Network

Nevada

• Historic Railroad Hiking Trail

New Hampshire

• Ashuelot Rail Trail
• Cheshire Rail Trail
• Common Pathway
• Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
• Cotton Valley Rail Trail
• Derry Rail Trail
• East Coast Greenway
• Farmington Recreational Rail Trail
• Fort Hill Rail Trail
• Goffstown Rail Trail
• Granite Town Rail Trail
• Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail
• Industrial Heritage Trail
• Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail
• Londonderry Rail Trail
• Nashua River Rail Trail
• New Boston Rail Trail
• Northern Rail Trail
• Piscataquog Trail
• Rockingham Recreational Trail
• South Manchester Rail Trail
• Sugar River Recreational Trail (Concord and Claremont Railroad)
• Windham Rail Trail
• WOW Trail

New Jersey

New Mexico

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New York

North Carolina

• Atlantic & Yadkin Greenway - 7.8 mile segment that goes to Summerfield, NC

• Charlotte Rail Trail
• American Tobacco Trail
• Railroad Grade Road, a 10-mile paved former section of the VA Creeper Railroad from Todd to Fleetwood
• Thermal Belt Rail Trail
• Neuse River Trail

In planning/under construction

• Ecusta Trail (Brevard to Hendersonville)
• Durham to Roxboro Rail Trail (Durham to Roxboro)

Ohio

• Bike & Hike Trail, Summit County
• Camp Chase Trail, Franklin and Madison Counties
• Chippewa Rail Trail, Medina County
• Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail, Cleveland
• Conotton Creek Trail, Harrison County
• County Line Trail, Wayne County
• Freedom Trail, Summit County
• Galena Brick Trail, Delaware County
• Genoa Township Trail, Delaware County
• Greenway Corridor / Maple Highlands Trail, Lake and Geauga Counties (tandem)
• Heart of Ohio Trail, Knox County
• Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, Athens County
• Holmes County Trail, Holmes County
• Huron River Path MetroPark and Milan Towpath MetroPark, Erie MetroParks, Erie County
• Iron Horse Trail, Montgomery County
• Iron Horse Trail, Stark County
• Kokosing Gap Trail, Knox County
• Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail, Columbiana County
• Little Miami Bike Trail
• Marion Tallgrass Trail, Marion County
• Mohican Valley Trail, Knox County
• Moonville Rail-Trail, Vinton and Athens Counties
• Morgana Run Trail, Cleveland
• North Coast Inland Trail, Lorain County
• Ohio to Erie Trail, Cincinnati to Columbus to Cleveland
• Pymatuning Valley Greenway Trail, Ashtabula County
• Richland B & O Trail, Richland County
• Sippo Valley Trail, Wayne and Stark Counties
• University/Parks Trail, Lucas County
• Wabash Cannonball Trail, Williams County, Fulton County, Lucas County, and Henry County
• Western Reserve Greenway Trail, Ashtabula County

In planning/under construction

• B&O Trail, Athens County; ten miles of recently purchased former B&O railroad grade in the eastern county; a Washington County group (MATAC) is working on an extension into Washington County
• Owl Creek Trail, Knox County

Oregon

• Banks–Vernonia State Trail
• Crown Zellerbach (CZ) Trail
• Deschutes River Trail
• OC&E Woods Line State Trail
• Row River National Recreation Trail
• Springwater Corridor
• Trolley Trail

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Blackstone Valley Rail
• East Bay Bike Path
• Narragansett Pier Railroad right of way
  • William C. O'Neill Bike Path
• Providence, Hartford and Fishkill railroad right of way
  • Trestle Trail, the unpaved section of the Coventry Greenway that extends to the Connecticut border
  • Washington Secondary Bike Path / Rail Trail, commonly referred to as Cranston Bike Path, Warwick Bike Path, West Warwick Bike Path and Coventry Greenway

South Carolina

• Doodle Trail, Pickens County, connects the towns of Easley and Pickens; opened in 2015
• North Augusta Greeneway, North Augusta
• Savannah Valley Railroad Trail, northwest of McCormick to Willington
• Swamp Rabbit Trail, Greenville County
• Triple C Rail Trail, a 23-mile (37 km) rail trail spanning Cherokee and York counties
• West Ashley Greenway, Charleston
• Peak to Prosperity Passage of the Palmetto Trail, Newberry County, South Carolina
• Wateree Passage of the Palmetto Trail, Sumter County, South Carolina

In planning/under construction

• Spanish Moss Trail, northern Beaufort County; the initial three miles (of 20 miles proposed) of trail have been completed, using previous Port Royal Railroad right-of-way, currently owned by BJWSA

South Dakota

• George S. Mickelson Trail

Tennessee

• Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, a trail that runs from downtown Nashville to Ashland City
• Railroad Grade Road, a five-mile long paved road/trail; a former section of the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina line west of Roan Mountain
• Shelby Farms Greenline, a 6.6 mile trail using the previous CSX Rail right-of-way in Shelby County; an additional 7 miles are planned.
• Tennessee Central Trail, a 4.3-mile (6.9 km) trail currently connecting Cookeville and Algood, with future plans to extend to Monterey and Baxter
• Vollintine and Evergreen (V&E greenline), a 1.7 mile trail using the former L&N Rail right-of-way in Memphis

In planning/under construction

• Greater Memphis Greenline, a system of trails in the Memphis area
• The Tweetsie Trail, a ten-mile trail connecting Johnson City and Elizabethton over the route of the old ET&WNC line; the first 7.1-mile section opened in August 2014

Texas

• Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, a 64.25 mile trail 100 miles southeast of Amarillo
• Denton Branch Rail Trail, 8 mile trail
• Harrisburg-Sunset Trail, 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, a 20-mile trail 50 miles west of Fort Worth
• MKT Hike and Bike Trail, 6 miles, Houston Heights
• Northeast Texas Trail, 130 miles under construction with 70 non-continuous miles open, between Farmersville (20 miles east of DFW metroplex) and New Boston (Arkansas border)

In planning/under construction

• Columbia Tap, 4 miles, Houston

Utah

• Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail Trail, 23.5 miles along the former D&RGW right of way in Davis County
• Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park, 28 miles along the Union Pacific Railway between Park City and Echo Reservoir
• Porter Rockwell Trail, 3.5 miles along the Union Pacific Railway, Draper & Sandy
• Provo River Parkway Trail, about 6.6 miles of Rio Grande Western Railway (Heber Creeper) from Provo River Bottoms to Vivian Park in Provo Canyon

In planning/under construction

• Parley's Trail, 8 mile trail between Sugar House and the Jordan River, mostly along the D&RGW Sugar House Branch corridor

Vermont

• Cross Vermont Trail
• Delaware & Hudson Rail-Trail
• Island Line Trail
• Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
• Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail

Virginia

• Bluemont Junction Trail
• Chessie Nature Trail
• Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
• High Bridge Trail State Park
• Huckleberry Trail
• Jackson River Scenic Trail
• New River Trail
• Tobacco Heritage Trail
• Virginia Capital Trail, 2 mile portion near downtown Richmond, of 52 miles total.
• Virginia Central Railway Trail
• Virginia Creeper Trail
• Warrenton Branch Greenway
• Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail
• Wilderness Road State Park

In planning/under construction

• Blue Ridge Railway Trail
• Blue Ridge Tunnel
• Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
• Fall Line Trail

Washington

Washington, D.C.

• Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
• Metropolitan Branch Trail, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

• 400 State Trail
• Ahnapee State Trail
• Badger State Trail
• Bearskin State Trail
• Bugline Trail
• Capital City State Trail
• Chippewa River State Trail
• Devil's River State Trail
• Duck Creek Trail
• Eisenbahn State Trail
• Elroy-Sparta State Trail
• Friendship State Trail (Partial)
• Fox River State Recreational Trail
• Gandy Dancer Trail
• Glacial Drumlin State Trail
• Great River State Trail
• Hank Aaron State Trail
• La Crosse River Trail
• Lake Country Trail
• Military Ridge State Trail
• Mountain-Bay State Trail
• New Berlin Trail
• Newton Blackmour State Trail
• Old Abe State Trail
• Omaha Trail
• Osaugee Recreational Trail
• Ozaukee Interurban Trail
• Pine Line Trail
• Red Cedar State Trail
• Saunders State Trail
• Sugar River State Trail
• Tri-County Recreational Corridor
• Tuscobia State Trail
• White River State Trail
• Wild Goose State Trail

Wyoming

• 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

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