Explore stories about people, places and events that shaped the Great American Rail-Trail from “History Along the Great American Rail-Trail.”

The Pacific Northwest Guidebook will highlight dozens of top trails where you can walk, bike and roll in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

This photo essay features Washington’s Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail, a nearly 40-mile route from the Idaho border through Spokane

Experience the grandeur of the Moab Canyon Pathway— diverse array of worldclass hiking and mountain biking trails.

2024 Hall of Fame nominees are Hawaii’s Ke Ala Hele Makalae, Arkansas’ Razorback Greenway and Arizona’s Santa Cruz Loop. Voting opens 7/26/24

Five years after launch, the Great American Rail-Trail is on its way to fulfilling a cross-country vision. See updates across the route.

The arrival of the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad in Centerburg in 1873 brought many business opportunities for this Ohio community.

Along Heartland Trail in Marshallville, sedimentary rocks are Mississippian & Pennsylvanian subperiod strata from the Carboniferous Period.

RTC has been focused on building a nation connected by trails, spreading trails across the country to bring new potential to communities.

On a gray North Carolina beach, 120 years ago this December, Wright Brothers completed the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft.