America’s Trails
Wisconsin’s Kinnickinnic River Trail
The story of Milwaukee’s Kinnickinnic River Trail is the story of its eponymous river; paralleling each other through the city’s south side, the fate of the two is intimately intertwined.
West Virginia’s North Bend Rail Trail
North Bend Rail Trail is the Trail of the Month. The 69 mile North Bend Rail Trail is in the pantheon of stories about local trail advocacy.
History Happened Here: How the Switchback Railroad Inspired the Invention of the Roller Coaster
The Switchback Gravity Railroad, built in 1827, was only the second railroad built in America. It ran nine miles, hauling coal from Summit Hill down to the town of Mauch Chunk and the Lehigh Canal in east central Pennsylvania.
Connecting the Keys: Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
The Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (FKOHT) is approximately 76 miles of the in-progress passageway are complete. It will eventually extend 106 miles from Key Largo to Key West.
The Road to a Thousand Wonders
The railroad used to wind through the canyon as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s California-Oregon line, which was marketed in the early 1900s as “The Road to a Thousand Wonders.”
New York’s Erie Canalway Trail
New York’s Erie Canalway Trail is the Trail of the Month and traces the canal’s route for nearly 365 miles.
Pennsylvania and Maryland’s Great Allegheny Passage
The 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage is the July 2007 Trail of the Month, connecting Cumberland, MD to McKeesport, PA, with C&O Canal Towpath.
