Great American Rail Trail: Local Trails
There are 150+ existing local trails across the country that make the Great American Rail-Trail possible. Protecting these trails through advocacy, volunteerism and donations is key to bringing the vision of the Great American to life. We encourage you to get involved with these trails. Visit their websites (listed below) to learn how.
Show your support for the existing trails along the Great American route:
Washington, D.C.
- National Mall Trails
- Rock Creek Park Trails
- K Street/Water Street Cycle Track
- Capital Crescent Trail
- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
- Conotton Creek Trail
- Zoar Valley Trail
- Ohio & Erie Canalway Towpath Trail
- Heartland Trail
- Holmes County Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Mohican Valley Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Kokosing Gap Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Downtown Connector Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Heart of Ohio Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Meredith State Road Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Sandel Legacy Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Thomas W. Hopper Legacy Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Hoover Scenic Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Genoa Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Westerville B&W (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Alum Creek Greenway Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Downtown Connector Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Scioto Greenway Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Camp Chase Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Roberts Pass Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Prairie Grass Trail (Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail)
- Creekside Trail
- Mad River Trail
- Great Miami River Trail
- Wolf Creek Trail
Indiana
- Cardinal Greenway
- Sweetser Switch Trail
- Converse Junction Trail
- Nickel Plate Trail
- Monterey Erie Trail
- North Judson Erie Trail
- Erie Lackawanna Trail
- Pennsy Greenway
Illinois
- Pennsy Greenway (IN/IL State Line to Lansing)
- Thorn Creek Trail
- Old Plank Road Trail
- Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail
- Hennepin Canal Parkway
- Beacon Harbor Parkway Trail
- Great River Trail
- Government/Arsenal Bridge
Iowa
- Government/Arsenal Bridge
- Mississippi River Trail/Riverfront Trail
- Running River Trail System
- Kent Stein to Deep Lakes Park Trail
- Hoover Nature Trail
- Cedar Valley Nature Trail
- Gilbert Drive Trail
- Evansdale Nature Trail
- River Forest Road Trail/Cedar River Levee Trail
- Cedar Valley Lakes Trail
- South Riverside Trail
- Cedar Prairie Trail
- Sergeant Road Trail
- Pioneer Trail
- River’s Edge Trail
- Linn Creek Recreational Trail
- Iowa 330/US 30 Trail
- Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
- High Trestle Trail
- Raccoon River Valley Trail
- T-Bone Trail
- Northern Atlantic Trail System
- Railroad Highway Trail
- Valley View Trail
- Lake Manawa Trail
- Veterans Memorial Trail
- Western Historic Trails Center Link
- Iowa Riverfront Trail
- Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
Nebraska
- Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
- Burt Street Trail
- Turner Boulevard Trail
- Field Club Trail
- South Omaha Trail
- Keystone Trail
- West Papio Trail
- Walnut Creek Lake Trail
- MoPac Trail (Springfield)
- Platte River Connection
- MoPac East Trail
- MoPac Trail West
- Antelope Valley Trail
- Salt Creek Levee Trail
- Oak Lake Trail
- North 1st Street Trail
- Superior Street Trail
- Highlands Trail
- Oak Creek Trail
- Third Avenue Viaduct Trail
- Robert White Trail
- Bob Lake Trail
- Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail
- White River Trail
Wyoming
- Douglas Trail System
- Al’s Way
- Casper Rail Trail
- Platte River Trail
- Greybull River Walk
- East Bighorn River Trail
- Beck Lake Park Bike Trail
Montana
- Highway 89 South Pedestrian Trail
- Livingston Depot Center Trail
- Story Mill Spur
- Oak Street Trail
- North 19th Avenue Trail
- Valley Center Trail
- Jackrabbit Lane Shared-Use Path
- Headwaters Trail System
- Milwaukee Road Rail-Trail (Thompson Park)
- Silver Bow Creek Greenway
- Piltzville Trail
- Canyon River Trail
- Milwaukee Trail
- Mullan Road Trail
- A. J. Hoyt Memorial Trail
- Route of the Olympian
- NorPac Trail
- Bozeman to Bridger Mountains Trail/Path to the “M” and Drinking Horse
Idaho
Washington
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail
- Preston-Snoqualmie Trail
- Issaquah-Preston Trail
- East Lake Sammamish Trail
- Marymoor Connector Trail
- Sammamish River Trail
- Burke-Gilman Trail
- Fremont Bridge
- Ship Canal Trail
- Interbay Protected Bike Lane
- Elliot Bay Trail (Terminal 91 Bike Path)
- Seattle Waterfront Pathway
- Sound to Olympics Trail
- Olympic Discovery Trail East – Port Townsend
- Olympic Discovery Trail – Blyn to Elwha River
- Olympic Discovery Trail – Spruce Railroad Trail
