Focus Term: Featured Magazine Articles
Eastern Trail in Portland, Maine Photo Essay
The 65-mile Eastern Trail offers a vivid snapshot of Maine. The multiuse trail follows the corridor of the historic Eastern Railroad.
From Dream to National Treasure: The Great American Rail-Trail
The Great American Rail-Trail aims to create a multiuse trail across the country, separated from roads for more than 3,700 miles.
16 Historic Highlights Along the Route of the Great American Rail-Trail
16 Historic Highlights Along the Route of the Great American Rail-Trail. Rail-trails are the perfect way for us to connect to each other, our communities and our cultural heritage. Unique in makeup and geography, each trail that’s hosting the 3,700-miles-plus preferred route of the Great American Rail-Trail has many stories to tell—some as old as, or far older than, our country itself. Both well known and lesser known, the histories found along the route demonstrate why the “Great American” is a true national treasure.
From Toxic Site to Thriving Rail-Trail: Montana’s Silver Bow Creek Greenway
By the early 20th century, Butte, Montana, was already being called the richest hill on Earth, an acknowledgement of the nearly inconceivable amounts of ore being mined there. In 1910 alone, 284 million pounds of copper ore were extracted from the Butte area. “Butte electrified America,” said Dori Skrukrud, the community development coordinator for the City-County of Butte-Silver Bow. “Butte provided the metals to win world wars. But it paid a significant price.”
A View From … The Great American Rail-Trail
Imagine what’s possible with a trail that connects the country. That vision will become a reality thanks to the Great American Rail-Trail, a signature project of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and the organization’s most ambitious TrailNation™ project yet.
Prescribe-a-Trail: Walking to Happier and Healthier Lifestyles in Greater Philly
Prescribe-a-Trail (PAT) is a program in which Philadelphia-area hospitals and health-care organizations lead outings on local trails along the Circuit Trails network.
Indiana’s Cardinal Greenway
These Farm Markets and Gardens Are Inspiring Health on America’s Trails
What’s better than a farmers’ market or community garden for providing locally grown food and encouraging good eating? Why, a market or garden next to a trail, of course!
2020 Vision: New York’s “Empire State Trail” Is Making Trails a Main Attraction
Empire State Trail (EST): Shaped like a giant sideways T intersecting near Albany, the EST will connect three corners of the state: Manhattan, Buffalo and the Canadian border near Lake Champlain.
San Diego’s Bayshore Bikeway Photo Essay
The Bayshore Bikeway is a growing 16-mile trail encircling the San Diego Bay and connecting the region’s natural and cultural treasures.
