List of rail trails

This is a list of rail trails around the world. Rail trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Most are multiuse trails offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access and right-of-way to the routes. [ [http://www.in.gov/dnr/trailsplan/pdf/trailsplan.pdf (PDF) Final Draft July, 2006 The Indiana State Trails, Greenways and Bikeways Plan] at Indiana Trails Plan (DNR)]

Asia

* Parts of flagicon|Thailand flagicon|Myanmar Thailand-Burmah Death Railway.

Europe

United Kingdom

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* The Alban Way
* Brampton Valley Way
* Bristol & Bath Railway Path
* Bure Valley Railway
* Camel Trail
* Cuckoo Trail
* Deeside Way
* Downs Link
* The Ebury Way Cycle Path
* Five Pits Trail
* Formartine and Buchan Way
* Hamble Rail Trail
* Hayling Billy Trail [http://www.havant.gov.uk/havant-2646]
* High Peak & Tissington Trails
* Hillend Loch Railway Path
* The Historic Rail Trail, (Goathland to Grosmont, along original Whitby and Pickering Railway alignment)
* Hornsea Rail Trail
* Jersey Railway
* The Granite Way, Devon [http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/cycling/lydford.shtml]
* Lanchester Valley Railway Path
* Longdendale Trail
* Lôn Eifion
* Lôn Las Menai
* Manifold Way
* Mawddach Trail
* Meon Valley Railway Line
* Mineral Tramway, Cornwall 25 miles coast-to-coast [http://www.chycor.co.uk/holidays/cycling-in-cornwall/tramway/coast_to_coast.htm] [http://www.shimbo.co.uk/history/tramway.htm]
* Middlewood Way
* Monsal Trail
* National Cycle Network
* Nicky Line
* North Dorset Trailway [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=335786]
* North Liverpool Extension Line
* Paisley & Clyde railway path
* The Parkland Walk, London
* Phoenix Trail
* Scarborough & Whitby RailTrail
* Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
* The Strawberry Line (Yatton railway station to Cheddar)
* Parts of the Taff Trail
* Parts of the Tarka Trail
* Testway
* Wirral Country Park
* The Worth Way
* Ystwyth Trail

In planning/under construction

* Two Tunnels Shared Path on alignment of old Combe Down Tunnel on Somerset & Dorset Railway.

Belgium

* Most of Line 160 from Brussels to Tervuren [cite web |url=http://cheminsdurail.ligne54.be/160BruxellesTervuren.html |title=Ligne 160: Bruxelles - Tervuren |language=French and Dutch |accessdate=2007-03-02]

Germany

* Part of the Vennbahn system, the section betwee Aachen and Monschau has been converted, other sections remain inactive railways

Denmark

* "Himmerlandsstien" 70 km between Viborg and Løgstør in the northern part of Jutland opened 2007 [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmerlandsstien] (in Danish)
* "Naturstien Horsens-Silkeborg" Naturetrail... 60 km between Horsens-Silkeborg in the midtle of Jutland [http://www.skovognatur.dk/NR/rdonlyres/DFA1A1F7-4FD8-4748-BB21-6168E68E2693/0/26_Horsens_silkeborg_kort.pdf] (map with Danish text)

Luxembourg

* Clemency, Luxembourg

Spain

* Vía Verde de la Sierra (mountain's rail track), Cádiz

North America

Canada

* [http://www.sentiermaritime.com/ Water trails in Canada]
* [http://www.seakayakingcanada.com/ Tours on Canadian water trails]

Mexico

* The abandoned Mexico City to Cuernavaca line (Linea C) transformed into a "ciclopista" or "ciclovía" (bicycle trail) [http://www.fimevic.df.gob.mx/ciclovia/ciclovia.htm] (in Spanish only)

United States

*East Coast Greenway

Alabama

* Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Trail
* Chief Ladiga Trail
* Horse Creek Trail
* Marion Walking Trail
* Old Railroad Bed Trail
* Richard Martin Trail
* Robertsdale Trail
* Swayback Bridge Trail
* Vulcan Trail

Alaska

* Chase Trail
* Iditarod National Historic Trail
* Tony Knowles Coastal Bicycle Trails

Arizona

* Apache Railroad Trail
* Indian Springs Trail
* Iron King Trail
* Mohave and Milltown Railway Trails
* Peavine Trail
* Sonoita Creek Railroad Trail

Arkansas

* Arkadelphia's Feaster Trail
* Big Spring Nature Trail
* Delta Heritage Trail
* Hazen Trail
* Hot Springs Creek Greenway
* Levee Walking Trail
* Little Rock's River Trail
* Marvell Bike Trail
* Old Railroad Trail
* Ouachita National Recreation Trail
* Ozark Highlands Trail

California

* Mount Lowe Railroad Trail
* Iron Horse Regional Trail
* Ohlone Trail
* Richmond Greenway
* Ojai Valley Trail [ [http://www.caskating.com/Tour.do?key=184&state=promptTourView Casitas Springs -- Ojai Valley Trail South] ] [ [http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=BGS111-027 Ojai Valley Trail] ]
* Ventura River Trail

Colorado

* Alpine Tunnel

Connecticut

* Airline State Park
* Farmington Canal Trail
* Hop River State Park Trail
* Larkin Bridle Path
* Meriden Linear Trail
* Shepaug Greenway

Delaware

* Junction and Breakwater Trail

Florida

* Cady Way Trail
* Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park
* West Orange Trail
* Pinellas Trail

Georgia

*Silver Comet Trail
*Belt Line (Atlanta)

Idaho

*Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
*Bill Chipman Palouse Trail

Illinois

* Bloomingdale Trail, Wicker Park, Chicago "Proposed".
* Burnham Greenway [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Hammond.html] : Chicago.
* Constitution Trail: Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.
* Great Western Trail.
* Illinois Prairie Path: Chicago, Illinois and vicinity.
* Intrerurban Trail: Springfield, Illinois to Chatham, Illinois.
* Jane Addams Trail: Freeport, Illinois to Wisconsin state line
* Long Prairie Trail: Boone County, Illinois
* Lost Bridge Trail: Springfield, Illinois to Rochester, Illinois.
* Nickle Plate Trail [http://www.mcttrails.org/] : Pontoon Beach, Illinois to Edwardsville, Illinois
* Pecatonica Prairie Path: Freeport, Illinois to near Rockford, Illinois
* Pennsy Greenway [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Munster.html] : Lansing.
* Rock Island Trail State Park.
* Schoolhouse Trail [http://www.mcttrails.org/] : Madison, Illinois to Troy, Illinois
* Stone Bridge Trail: Rockton, Illinois to Boone County, Illinois line
* Watershed Trail [http://www.mcttrails.org/] : Roxana, Illinois to Edwardsville, Illinois

Indiana

*LaSalle Trail [http://www.sjcparks.org/lasalle.html ] : Greater South Bend
*Monon Trail: Indianapolis and northern suburbs
*Nickel Plate Trail, Miami County, Indiana
*Cardinal Greenway: Richmond to Marion via Muncie
*Pumpkinvine Nature Trail [http://www.pumpkinvine.org/ ] : Elkhart and Lagrange Counties
*Erie Lackawanna Trail [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Munster.html] : Hammond to Crown Point
*Oak Savannah Trail [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Oak_Savannah.html] : Griffith to Hobart
*Prairie Duneland Trail [http://www.geocities.com/huffmun/R9_Portage.html] : Portage to Chesterton

Iowa

* Cedar Valley Trail
* Great Western Trail
* Heritage Trail
* Summerset Trail
* Wabash Trace Trail

Kansas

* Flint Hills Nature Trail
* Haskell Rail Trail
* Landon Trail
* Prairie Spirit Trail State Park
* Välkommen Trail (entirely within the city limits of Lindsborg)
* Whistle Stop Trail

Kentucky

* Paducah and Louisville Rail Trail connecting Greenville and Central City

In planning/under construction

* Big Four Bridge (Louisville)
* C&O Rail Trail from Lexington to Coalton
* K&I Bridge (Louisville): Would utilize the former and now abandoned automobile lanes.

Louisiana

*Tammany Trace [http://www.tammanytrace.org/ ] : 31 mile trail on north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

Maine

*Mountain Division Trail

Maryland

* Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland
* Baltimore & Annapolis Trail
* Capital Crescent Trail: Maryland and Washington, DC
* College Park Trolley Trail
* Cross Island Trail
* Great Allegheny Passage
* Ma and Pa Trail
* North Bethesda Trail
* Northern Central Railroad Trail or NCR Trail
* Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
* Western Maryland Rail Trail

Massachusetts

* Ashuwillticook Rail Trail (11 miles in North Berkshires)
* Blackstone Valley Rail (near Worcester)
* Bruce Freeman Rail Trail [http://www.brucefreemanrailtrail.org/ ] (Lowell to Framingham)
* Canalside Rail Trail (Turners Falls)
* Cape Cod Rail Trail
* Manhan Rail Trail (Easthampton)
* Minuteman Bikeway (Bedford to Cambridge)
* Nashua River Rail Trail (Ayer, Massachusetts to Nashua, New Hampshire)
* Norwottuck Rail Trail (Northampton to Belchertown)
* Shining Sea Bikeway (Falmouth to Woods Hole)
* Somerville Community Path

In planning/under construction

* Mass Central Rail-Trail [http://www.masscentralrailtrail.org/ ] (Northampton, working toward Boston)

Michigan

* Bay City, Michigan Railtrail & Riverwalk
* Hart-Montague Trail State Park
* Kal-Haven Trail
* Leelanau Trail
* Pere Marquette Rail-Trail
* TART Trail
* Van Buren Trail State Park
* White Pine Trail State Park

Minnesota

Mississippi

* Longleaf Trace

In planning/under construction

* Tanglefoot Trail - Proposed from Houston, MS to New Albany, MS (43 miles)

Missouri

* Grant's Trail [http://bikeways.ridefinders.org/viewer.htm] , near Grant's Farm
* Katy Trail, the longest rail trail in the United States
* M.K.T. Trail, in Columbia, Missouri

Montana

* Route of the "Hiawatha" Mountain Bike Trail

Nebraska

* Cowboy Trail
*Great Plains Trail Network [http://www.gptn.org ]

New Hampshire

* Nashua River Rail Trail
* Sugar River Recreation Trail

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

* American Tobacco Trail

Ohio

*Western Reserve Greenway [http://www.ashtabulacountymetroparks.org/trail.htm ] : Ashtabula County
*Greenway Corridor Bikeway [http://www.lakemetroparks.com/HTML/NatureParks/Bike%20Trail/Greenway%20Corridor%20Bike%20Trail.htm ] : Lake and Geauga Counties
* Conotton Creek Trail: Harrison County
*Holmes County Trail [http://www.holmestrail.org/ ] : Holmes County
*Kokosing Gap Trail [http://www.kokosinggaptrail.org/ ] : Knox County
* Little Miami Bike Trail
*Maple Highlands Trail [http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/parks/maplehighlands.shtml ] : Lake and Geauga Counties
*Mohican Valley Trail [http://www.visitknoxohio.org/index.phtml?article=mvtrail ] : Knox County
*The Ohio to Erie Trail [http://www.ohiotoerietrail.com/ ] : Cincinnati to Columbus to Cleveland
*Richland B & O Trail [http://home.earthlink.net/~bikeohio/bnotrail.html ] : Richland County
*Bike & Hike Trail [http://www.summitmetroparks.org/parks/bike_hike.shtml ] : Summit County
*University/Parks Trail: Lucas County

In planning/under construction

* Owl Creek Trail [http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/012505/grant.html ] : Knox County

Oregon

* Banks-Vernonia State Trail
* OC&E Woods Line State Trail
* Row River National Recreation Trail [http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails/blm/rowriver-or.html]
* Springwater Corridor [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=679]

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

* East Bay Bike Path
* Blackstone Valley Rail

-Providence, Hartford and Fishkill railroad right of way-
* Washington Secondary Bike Path/ Rail Trail, commonly referred to as, Cranston Bike Path, Warwick Bike Path, West Warwick Bike Path and Coventry Greenway
*Trestle Trail, the unpaved section of the Coventry Greenway that Extends to the Ct. Border.

South Dakota

* George S. Mickelson Trail

Texas

* Caprock Canyons Trailway [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/caprock_canyons/ ] : A 64.25 mile trail 100 miles southeast of Amarillo.
* Denton Branch Rail Trail [http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/parksrailtrail.cfm ] : 8 mile trail
* Harrisburg-Sunset Trail [http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/harrisburg.htm ] : 5 mile trail in Houston
* Katy Trail, a 3.5 mile recreational trail that runs along the abandoned right-of-way of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad in Dallas.
* Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_mineral_wells/trailway.phtml ] : A 20 mile trail 50 miles west of Fort Worth.

In planning/under construction

* Columbia Tap [http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/columbiataprailtotrail.htm ] : 4 miles. Houston.
* MKT/SP Trail [http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/mktrailtotrails.htm] : 6 miles. Houston Heights.

Vermont

* Delaware & Hudson Rail-Trail [http://www.bikekinetix.com/t_vt/vt_rail/delaware_hudson_rt.php]

* Cross Vermont Trail [http://www.crossvermont.org/index.php]

Virginia

* Bluemont Junction Trail
* Huckleberry Trail
* New River Trail
* Virginia Creeper Trail
* Warrenton Branch Greenway
* Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail

In planning/under construction

* Blue Ridge Tunnel
* Blue Ridge Railway Trail
* Railroad Heritage Trail [http://www.friendsdrht.org]

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* Burke Gilman Trail - Seattle and suburbscite web
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* Cedar River Trail - King County
* Cedar to Green River Trail - King County
* Centennial Trail - Snohomish County
* Chehalis Western Trail - Thurston County
* East Lake Sammamish Trail - King County
* Klickitat Trail - Klickitat County
* Foothills Trail - Pierce County
* Interurban Trail (King County) - King County
* Interurban Trail (Snohomish County) - Snohomish County [http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Parks/Information/Park_Directory/Regional_Parks/Interurban_Trail.htm]
* Interurban Trail (Whatcom County) - Bellingham & Whatcom County
* Iron Horse State Park - also known as the "Iron Horse Trail" or "John Wayne Pioneer Trail".
* Sammamish River Trail - King County
* Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail - King County
* Yelm-Tenino Trail - Thurston County

Washington, DC

* Capital Crescent Trail - Maryland and Washington, DC

West Virginia

Wisconsin

* Ahnapee State Trail
* Elroy-Sparta State Trail
* Osaugee Recreational Trail
* Ozaukee Interurban Trail
* Sugar River State Trail
* Tri-County Recreational Corridor

Wyoming

* City of Casper Trail System: Includes several miles of former Union Pacific rail line converted to concrete and gravel paths stretching from the downtown area, east into Evansville.

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

* Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel, Wollemi National Park
* The Fernleigh Track, Newcastle, New South Wales

outh Australia

* Riesling Trailcite web | title = Railtrails Australia Home | work = Trail descriptions and news | publisher = Railtrails Australia, Inc | date = | url = http://www.railtrails.org.au/states/trails.php3?action=trail&trail=41 | format = Web | doi = | accessdate = 2007-06-03 ]
* Coast to Vines Rail Trail
* Rattler Rail Trail

Victoria

Trails following former railway lines

* Bass Coast Rail Trail, Gippsland, Victoria
* Bellarine Rail Trail, Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
* Capital City Trail, Melbourne, Victoria (trail takes in the former Inner Circle railway line.)
* East Gippsland Rail Trail, East Gippsland, Victoria
* Great Southern Rail Trail, Gippsland, Victoria
* High Country Rail Trail, Lake Hume, Victoria
* Murray to the Mountains, Wangaratta, Victoria
* Outer Circle Rail Trail, Melbourne
* Tyers Valley Tramway
* Warburton Rail Trail, Warburton, Victoria

Trails following current railway lines

* Belgrave Rail Trail, Melbourne
* Upfield Rail Trail, Melbourne

Western Australia

* Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia

New Zealand

* Dun Mountain Railway#The Dun Mountain Walkway
* Little River Rail Trail
* Otago Central Rail Trail
* Rimutaka Incline - former Fell railway

Pipeline trails

Trails similar to rail trails can follow other infrastructure, such as water pipelines.

* Tolt pipeline trail
* Syndal Heatherdale Pipe Reserve Trail
* List of pipeline trails

Canal trails

* Long Level on the Erie Canal
* C&O Canal towpath

References

* [http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/trails1.htm Rail Trails, Towpaths And Other Trails In Ohio]

External links

* [http://www.railtrails.org Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, United States]