# 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

## 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

## 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 Mexico

Category:Rail trails in New Mexico

## 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

## 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, D.C.

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

## 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