page_title: Cumberland Valley Rail Trail
section_title: Community
hierarchical_section_title: Cumberland Valley Rail Trail / Community
caption_attribution_description: English: race, run, ride, ramble
context_page_description: Cumberland Valley Rail Trail is a National Recreation Trail rail trail that follows the former Cumberland Valley Railroad rail corridor for 9.5 miles, from Shippensburg to Newville, through the farmlands of western Cumberland County in south-central Pennsylvania.
context_section_description: Trail supporters
  The CVRT is managed and maintained by the Cumberland Valley Rails-to-Trail Council (CVRTC). The CVRTC is an all-volunteer, non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable corporation
  dedicated to conservation, historic preservation, recreation, and alternative transportation through the
  development of multi-use trails along former railroad corridors and other areas. In addition to state and
  federal funding and dues collected from local members of the CVRTC, the following local and community
  organizations have provided funding and in-kind support for the CVRT:
  Shippensburg Area United Way and Unitarian Universalists of Cumberland Valley (funding)
  Boy Scouts of America (construction, maintenance, and several special Eagle Scout projects)
  Newville Borough; North Newton and Shippensburg Townships (construction and maintenance)
  Cumberland County (equipment)
  West Pennsboro Township (construction)
  Carlisle Area Health & Wellness Foundation (funding)
  PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (funding)
  Shippensburg Borough (trail support)
  Southampton Township (trail maintenance)
  Special events
  Each spring the CVRT stages its annual “Race, Run, Ride & Ramble” from the
  Shippensburg Township Park trail head. This event includes a 15-k hike, a 30-k bike ride, and runs of 5-k
  and 15-k. Each fall the CVRT stages its annual “Fall Down on the Trail” from the Newville trailhead.
  This event includes a 5-k race and 4-mile hike. Other walks and rides on the trail have been organized by
  the following organizations:
  Carlisle Parks & Recreation Department and the Carlisle Area Health & Wellness Foundation (walks)
  Big Spring School District students (annual dog walk to benefit the Humane Society)
  The Kings Gap Environmental Education Center (bike rides)
caption: CVRTC's annual "Race, Run, Ride, and Ramble," Spring 2011.
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