List of rail trails in the United States

This is a list of notable rail trails in the United States.

Multi-state

 * East Coast Greenway
 * Great Allegheny Passage
 * Great American Rail-Trail
 * Yellowstone Branch Line Trail

Alabama

 * Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Trail
 * Chief Ladiga Trail
 * Hillsboro 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

 * Bizz Johnson Trail in Lassen County, accessible from Susanville.
 * Clovis Old Town Trail, runs approximately 7 mi on former Southern Pacific right-of-way in Clovis
 * Colton Ave. rail-trail, runs approximately 1.7 miles along Colton Ave. and Inland Center Drive in Colton and San Bernardino on former Pacific-Electric right-of-way
 * Duarte Bike Trail, spans 1.6 miles from Buena Vista Street to Vineyard Avenue in Duarte, using a portion of Pacific Electric's former Glendora line
 * El Dorado Trail
 * Fairfield Linear Park
 * Great Redwood Trail
 * Great Shasta Rail Trail
 * Iron Horse Regional Trail
 * Joe Rodota Trail 8.5 mi pedestrian/bicycle path, using the former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad line between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol
 * Los Angeles Metro Expo Line
 * Marina Green pedestrian/bicycle path, using the portion of the former San Francisco Belt Railroad west of Fort Mason
 * Mount Lowe Railroad Trail
 * Ohlone Greenway
 * Orange Blossom Trail, runs approximately 1.3 miles on former Santa Fe "kite-shaped track" right-of-way in Redlands
 * Pacific Electric Trail, spans 19.5 miles from Claremont to Rialto, using a portion of Pacific Electric's former San Bernardino line
 * Richmond Greenway
 * Santa Clara River Trail
 * Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
 * South San Francisco Centennial Way
 * Sugar Pine Trail, runs approximately 6 mi on former Southern Pacific right-of-way in Fresno
 * Three Creeks Trail
 * Union Pacific Railroad right of way in Brea
 * Ventura River Parkway Trail 16.5 mi pedestrian/bicycle/equestrian path, using the former Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad line between Ventura and Ojai
 * Walnut Trail
 * West County Trail 5.5 mi pedestrian/bicycle path, using the former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad line between Sebastopol and Forestville

Colorado

 * Alpine Tunnel
 * DRGW Aspen Branch
 * Rock Island Trail
 * Switzerland Trail
 * Manitou Incline is the remains of a former 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge funicular railway with an average grade of 45% (24°) and as steep as 68% (34°) in places.

Connecticut

 * Air Line State Park Trail
 * Branford Trolley Trail
 * Farmington Canal Trail
 * Farmington River Trail
 * Hop River State Park Trail
 * Housatonic Rail Trail
 * Larkin State Park Trail
 * Mattabesset River Bike Path
 * Middlebury Greenway
 * Moosup Valley State Park Trail
 * Quinnipiac River Gorge Trail
 * Ridgefield Rail Trail
 * Shepaug Greenway

Delaware

 * Junction and Breakwater Trail

Georgia

 * Atlanta BeltLine
 * Columbus Fall Line Trace
 * Firefly Trail
 * Silver Comet Trail

Idaho

 * Ashton to Tetonia Trail
 * Bill Chipman Palouse Trail
 * Ed Corkill Trail
 * Latah Trail
 * Route of the Hiawatha mountain bike trail
 * Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
 * Weiser River Trail
 * Wood River Trail
 * Yellowstone Branch Line Trail
 * Victor to Driggs Rail Trail

Illinois

 * Bloomingdale Trail, Wicker Park, Chicago
 * Burnham Greenway, Chicago
 * Constitution Trail, Bloomington-Normal
 * Great River Trail, Savanna to Rock Island
 * Great Western Trail, Chicago area
 * Green Bay Trail, North Shore suburbs of Chicago
 * Illinois Prairie Path, Chicago and vicinity.
 * Interurban Trail, Springfield to Chatham
 * Jane Addams Trail, Freeport to the Wisconsin state line
 * Kickapoo Rail Trail, Urbana to Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Danville
 * Long Prairie Trail, Boone County
 * Lost Bridge Trail, Springfield to Rochester
 * Nickel Plate Trail, New Douglas to Pontoon Beach
 * Old Plank Road Trail, Joliet to Chicago Heights
 * Pecatonica Prairie Path, Freeport to near Rockford
 * Pennsy Greenway, Lansing
 * Rock Island Trail State Park, Peoria to Toulon
 * Sangamon Valley Trail, Springfield
 * Schoolhouse Trail, Madison to Troy
 * Skokie Valley Trail, Sauganash community of Chicago to Highland Park
 * Stone Bridge Trail: Rockton to the Boone County line
 * Tunnel Hill State Trail, Harrisburg to Karnak
 * Wabash Trail, Springfield
 * Watershed Trail, Roxana to Edwardsville

Indiana

 * Big-4 Rail Trail, Whitestown to Zionsville
 * B-Line Trail, Bloomington
 * B&O Trail, Brownsburg to Indianapolis via Speedway
 * Cardinal Greenway, Richmond to Marion via Muncie
 * Chessie Trail, LaPorte County
 * Coal Line Trail, South Bend
 * Erie Lackawanna Trail, Hammond to Crown Point
 * Indiana-Michigan River Valley Trail (includes LaSalle Trail), Greater South Bend
 * Monon Trail, Indianapolis and northern suburbs
 * Nickel Plate Trail, Northern Indiana
 * Oak Savannah Trail, Griffith to Hobart
 * Panhandle Pathway, Cass and Pulaski Counties
 * Pennsy Trail, Indianapolis to Greenfield via Cumberland
 * Prairie Duneland Trail, Portage to Chesterton
 * Pufferbelly Trail, Fort Wayne, Indiana
 * Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Elkhart and Lagrange Counties

Iowa

 * Cedar Valley Trail
 * Chichaqua Valley Trail
 * Great Western Trail
 * Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
 * Heritage Trail
 * High Trestle Trail, formerly Ankeny to Woodward Trail
 * Krushchev in Iowa Trail, formerly Corn Diplomacy Trail
 * Raccoon River Valley Trail
 * Summerset Trail
 * Wabash Trace Nature Trail

Kansas

 * Blue River Rail Trail
 * Flint Hills Nature Trail
 * Haskell Rail Trail
 * Landon Trail
 * Prairie Spirit Trail State Park
 * Välkommen Trail, entirely within the city limits of Lindsborg

Kentucky

 * Big Four Bridge
 * Dawkins Line Rail Trail, from Hagerhill to Royalton; when phase two is completed, the trail will extend into Breathitt County
 * Paducah and Louisville Rail Trail, connecting Greenville and Central City

In planning/under construction

 * C&O Rail Trail, from Lexington to Coalton
 * K&I Bridge, would utilize the former and now abandoned automobile lanes

Louisiana

 * Tammany Trace, 31 mile trail on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain

Maine

 * Back Cove Trail (Portland)
 * Calais Waterfront Walkway
 * Down East Sunrise Trail (Ellsworth—Calais)
 * Eastern Promenade Trail (Portland)
 * Eastern Trail (Kennebunk—South Portland)
 * Kennebec River Rail Trail (Augusta—Gardiner)
 * Mountain Division Trail (Oxford County and Cumberland County)
 * Papermill Trail (Lisbon)
 * Passy Rail Trail (Belfast)
 * West Side Trail (Yarmouth)

Maryland

 * Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland
 * Baltimore & Annapolis Trail
 * Bethesda Trolley Trail
 * Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and Washington, DC
 * Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail
 * College Park Trolley Trail
 * Cross Island Trail
 * Easton Rails-to-Trails
 * Indian Head Rail Trail
 * Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway Trail
 * Ma and Pa Trail
 * Poplar Avenue Trail, Annapolis (part of former Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad)
 * Savage Mill Trail
 * Three Notch Trail
 * Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail, formerly Northern Central Railroad Trail
 * Trolley Line Number 9 Trail
 * Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
 * Wayne Gilchrest Trail
 * Western Maryland Rail Trail

Mississippi

 * Longleaf Trace, Hattiesburg to Prentiss (41 miles)
 * Oxford Depot Trail and South Campus Rail Trail
 * Tanglefoot Trail, Houston to New Albany (43.6 miles)

Missouri

 * Al Foster Trail in west St. Louis County
 * Grant's Trail, near Grant's Farm
 * Katy Trail, the longest rail trail in the United States
 * MKT Trail, Columbia
 * Rock Island Trail State Park
 * Frisco Highline Trail

Montana

 * Centennial Trail (Montana)
 * Olympian Trail
 * Route of the Hiawatha bike trail
 * Yellowstone Branch Line Trail

Nebraska

 * Cowboy Trail
 * Great Plains Trail Network

Nevada

 * Historic Railroad Hiking Trail

New Hampshire

 * Ashuelot Rail Trail
 * Cheshire Rail Trail
 * Common Pathway
 * Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
 * Cotton Valley Rail Trail
 * Derry Rail Trail
 * East Coast Greenway
 * Farmington Recreational Rail Trail
 * Fort Hill Rail Trail
 * Goffstown Rail Trail
 * Granite Town Rail Trail
 * Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail
 * Industrial Heritage Trail
 * Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail
 * Londonderry Rail Trail
 * Nashua River Rail Trail
 * New Boston Rail Trail
 * Northern Rail Trail
 * Piscataquog Trail
 * Rockingham Recreational Trail
 * South Manchester Rail Trail
 * Sugar River Recreational Trail (Concord and Claremont Railroad)
 * Windham Rail Trail
 * WOW Trail

New Mexico
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North Carolina
• Atlantic & Yadkin Greenway - 7.8 mile segment that goes to Summerfield, NC
 * Charlotte Rail Trail
 * American Tobacco Trail
 * Railroad Grade Road, a 10-mile paved former section of the VA Creeper Railroad from Todd to Fleetwood
 * Thermal Belt Rail Trail
 * Neuse River Trail

In planning/under construction

 * Ecusta Trail (Brevard to Hendersonville)

Ohio

 * Bike & Hike Trail, Summit County
 * Camp Chase Trail, Franklin and Madison Counties
 * Chippewa Rail Trail, Medina County
 * Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail, Cleveland
 * Conotton Creek Trail, Harrison County
 * County Line Trail, Wayne County
 * Freedom Trail, Summit County
 * Galena Brick Trail, Delaware County
 * Genoa Township Trail, Delaware County
 * Greenway Corridor / Maple Highlands Trail, Lake and Geauga Counties (tandem)
 * Heart of Ohio Trail, Knox County
 * Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, Athens County
 * Holmes County Trail, Holmes County
 * Huron River Path MetroPark and Milan Towpath MetroPark, Erie MetroParks, Erie County
 * Iron Horse Trail, Montgomery County
 * Iron Horse Trail, Stark County
 * Kokosing Gap Trail, Knox County
 * Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail, Columbiana County
 * Little Miami Bike Trail
 * Marion Tallgrass Trail, Marion County
 * Mohican Valley Trail, Knox County
 * Moonville Rail-Trail, Vinton and Athens Counties
 * Morgana Run Trail, Cleveland
 * North Coast Inland Trail, Lorain County
 * Ohio to Erie Trail, Cincinnati to Columbus to Cleveland
 * Pymatuning Valley Greenway Trail, Ashtabula County
 * Richland B & O Trail, Richland County
 * Sippo Valley Trail, Wayne and Stark Counties
 * University/Parks Trail, Lucas County
 * Wabash Cannonball Trail, Williams County, Fulton County, Lucas County, and Henry County
 * Western Reserve Greenway Trail, Ashtabula County

In planning/under construction

 * B&O Trail, Athens County; ten miles of recently purchased former B&O railroad grade in the eastern county; a Washington County group (MATAC) is working on an extension into Washington County
 * Owl Creek Trail, Knox County

Oregon

 * Banks–Vernonia State Trail
 * Crown Zellerbach (CZ) Trail
 * Deschutes River Trail
 * OC&E Woods Line State Trail
 * Row River National Recreation Trail
 * Springwater Corridor
 * Trolley Trail

Rhode Island

 * Blackstone Valley Rail
 * East Bay Bike Path
 * Narragansett Pier Railroad right of way
 * William C. O'Neill Bike Path
 * Providence, Hartford and Fishkill railroad right of way
 * Trestle Trail, the unpaved section of the Coventry Greenway that extends to the Connecticut border
 * Washington Secondary Bike Path / Rail Trail, commonly referred to as Cranston Bike Path, Warwick Bike Path, West Warwick Bike Path and Coventry Greenway

South Carolina

 * Doodle Trail, Pickens County, connects the towns of Easley and Pickens; opened in 2015
 * North Augusta Greeneway, North Augusta
 * Savannah Valley Railroad Trail, northwest of McCormick to Willington
 * Swamp Rabbit Trail, Greenville County
 * Triple C Rail Trail, a 23 mi rail trail spanning Cherokee and York counties
 * West Ashley Greenway, Charleston
 * Peak to Prosperity Passage of the Palmetto Trail, Newberry County, South Carolina
 * Wateree Passage of the Palmetto Trail, Sumter County, South Carolina

In planning/under construction

 * Spanish Moss Trail, northern Beaufort County; the initial three miles (of 20 miles proposed) of trail have been completed, using previous Port Royal Railroad right-of-way, currently owned by BJWSA

South Dakota

 * George S. Mickelson Trail

Tennessee

 * Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, a trail that runs from downtown Nashville to Ashland City
 * Railroad Grade Road, a five-mile long paved road/trail; a former section of the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina line west of Roan Mountain
 * Shelby Farms Greenline, a 6.6 mile trail using the previous CSX Rail right-of-way in Shelby County; an additional 7 miles are planned.
 * Tennessee Central Trail, a 4.3 mi trail currently connecting Cookeville and Algood, with future plans to extend to Monterey and Baxter
 * Vollintine and Evergreen (V&E greenline), a 1.7 mile trail using the former L&N Rail right-of-way in Memphis

In planning/under construction

 * Greater Memphis Greenline, a system of trails in the Memphis area
 * The Tweetsie Trail, a ten-mile trail connecting Johnson City and Elizabethton over the route of the old ET&WNC line; the first 7.1-mile section opened in August 2014

Texas

 * Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, a 64.25 mile trail 100 miles southeast of Amarillo
 * Denton Branch Rail Trail, 8 mile trail
 * Harrisburg-Sunset Trail, 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, a 20-mile trail 50 miles west of Fort Worth
 * MKT Hike and Bike Trail, 6 miles, Houston Heights
 * Northeast Texas Trail, 130 miles under construction with 70 non-continuous miles open, between Farmersville (20 miles east of DFW metroplex) and New Boston (Arkansas border)

In planning/under construction

 * Columbia Tap, 4 miles, Houston

Utah

 * Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail Trail, 23.5 miles along the former D&RGW right of way in Davis County
 * Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park, 28 miles along the Union Pacific Railway between Park City and Echo Reservoir
 * Porter Rockwell Trail, 3.5 miles along the Union Pacific Railway, Draper & Sandy
 * Provo River Parkway Trail, about 6.6 miles of Rio Grande Western Railway (Heber Creeper) from Provo River Bottoms to Vivian Park in Provo Canyon

In planning/under construction

 * Parley's Trail, 8 mile trail between Sugar House and the Jordan River, mostly along the D&RGW Sugar House Branch corridor

Vermont

 * Cross Vermont Trail
 * Delaware & Hudson Rail-Trail
 * Island Line Trail
 * Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
 * Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail

Virginia

 * Bluemont Junction Trail
 * Chessie Nature Trail
 * Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
 * High Bridge Trail State Park
 * Huckleberry Trail
 * Jackson River Scenic Trail
 * New River Trail
 * Virginia Capital Trail, 2 mile portion near downtown Richmond, of 52 miles total.
 * Virginia Central Railway Trail
 * Virginia Creeper Trail
 * Warrenton Branch Greenway
 * Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail
 * Wilderness Road State Park

In planning/under construction

 * Blue Ridge Railway Trail
 * Blue Ridge Tunnel
 * Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
 * Fall Line Trail

Washington, D.C.

 * Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
 * Metropolitan Branch Trail, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Wisconsin

 * 400 State Trail
 * Ahnapee State Trail
 * Badger State Trail
 * Bearskin State Trail
 * Bugline Trail
 * Capital City State Trail
 * Chippewa River State Trail
 * Devil's River State Trail
 * Duck Creek Trail
 * Eisenbahn State Trail
 * Elroy-Sparta State Trail
 * Friendship State Trail (Partial)
 * Fox River State Recreational Trail
 * Gandy Dancer Trail
 * Glacial Drumlin State Trail
 * Great River State Trail
 * Hank Aaron State Trail
 * La Crosse River Trail
 * Lake Country Trail
 * Military Ridge State Trail
 * Mountain-Bay State Trail
 * New Berlin Trail
 * Newton Blackmour State Trail
 * Old Abe State Trail
 * Omaha Trail
 * Osaugee Recreational Trail
 * Ozaukee Interurban Trail
 * Pine Line Trail
 * Red Cedar State Trail
 * Saunders State Trail
 * Sugar River State Trail
 * Tri-County Recreational Corridor
 * Tuscobia State Trail
 * White River State Trail
 * Wild Goose State Trail

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