List of rail trails in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Rail trails are multi-use paths offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access to the routes.

Pennsylvania contains a total of 93 different rail trails. The trails cover a total of 1063 miles (1710 km) and an additional 635 miles (1021 km) have been proposed.

1 Trails beginning from A to E
2 Trails beginning from F to M
3 Trails beginning from N to Z
4 External links

[edit] Trails beginning from A to E

A
- Allegheny Highlands Trail (part of the Great Allegheny Passage)
- Allegheny Portage Railroad Trail
- Allegheny Valley River Trail
- Arboretum Trail
- Armstrong Trail
- Arrowhead Trail, Pennsylvania A Rail Trail in Washington County, Pennsylvania [1]
B
C
- Capital Area Greenbelt(Public trail, but not a rail trail)[2]
- Chester Valley Trail
- Clarion - Little Toby Creek Trail
- Clarion Highlands Trail
- Clearfield to Grampian Trail
- Conewago Trail
- Cross County Trail
- Cumberland County Biker/Hiker Trail
- Cumberland Valley Rail Trail
D
- D&H Trail
- Dimeling to Madera Trail
E

[edit] Trails beginning from F to M

F
- Five Star Trail
- Forks Township Recreational Trail
G
H
I
- Indian Creek Valley Trail
- Iron Horse Trail, Pennsylvania a rough 10-mile (16 km) trail mostly for hikers but some mountain biking. [3]
- Ironton Rail-trail
J
K
- Kellettville To Nebraska Trail
L
M

[edit] Trails beginning from N to Z

N
- NOR-Bath Trail
O
- O&W Rail Trail
- Oil Creek State Park Trail
- Ohio River Trail
P
- Palmer Bikeway
- Panhandle Trail
- Penns Creek Path
- Perkiomen Trail
- Phoenix Iron Canal Trail
- Pike2Bike Trail, unofficially known as the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. A former alignment of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, it is part of the former South Pennsylvania Railroad alignment before the Turnpike was built.
- Pine Creek Rail Trail
- Plainfield Township Trail
- P&W Trail [6]
- Pymatuning State Park Spillway Trail
R
S
- Samuel Justus Recreational Trail
- Sandy Creek Trail
- Schuylkill River Trail [7]
- Sewickley Creek Trail
- Snow Shoe Trail
- Stavich Bike Trail
- Steel Valley Trail (part of the Great Allegheny Passage)
- Stony Valley Railroad Grade
- Struble Trail
- Swatara State Park Rail Trail
- Switchback Railroad Trail
T
- Three Rivers Heritage Trail (part of the Great Allegheny Passage)
- Thun Trail
- Tidioute Riverside Rec Trek Trail
- Towpath Bike Trail
- Twin Lakes Trail
W
Y
- Youghiogheny River Trail [8]
- York County Heritage Trail

[edit] External links

Protected Areas of Pennsylvania

Federal

National Historical Parks & Sites:	Allegheny Portage Railroad • Edgar Allan Poe • Eisenhower • Friendship Hill • Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church • Grey Towers • Hopewell Furnace • Independence Hall • Steamtown • Valley Forge

National Memorials:	Benjamin Franklin • Flight 93 • Johnstown Flood • Thaddeus Kosciuszko

National Military Parks:	Fort Necessity • Gettysburg

National Trails:	Appalachian Trail

Other Protected Areas:	Allegheny National Recreation Area • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area • Middle Delaware National Scenic River • Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

National Forests	Allegheny

National Wildlife Refuges:	Cherry Valley • Erie • John Heinz • Ohio River Islands

State

State Parks	Allegheny Islands • Archbald Pothole • Bald Eagle • Beltzville • Bendigo • Benjamin Rush • Big Pocono • Big Spring • Black Moshannon • Blue Knob • Boyd Big Tree • Buchanan's Birthplace • Bucktail • Caledonia • Canoe Creek • Chapman • Cherry Springs • Clear Creek • Codorus • Colonel Denning • Colton Point • Cook Forest • Cowans Gap • Delaware Canal • Denton Hill • Elk • Erie Bluffs • Evansburg • Fort Washington • Fowlers Hollow • Frances Slocum • French Creek • Gifford Pinchot • Gouldsboro • Greenwood Furnace • Hickory Run • Hillman • Hills Creek • Hyner Run • Hyner View • Jacobsburg • Jennings • Joseph E. Ibberson • Kettle Creek • Keystone • Kings Gap • Kinzua Bridge • Kooser • Lackawanna • Laurel Hill • Laurel Mountain • Laurel Ridge • Laurel Summit • Lehigh Gorge • Leonard Harrison • Linn Run • Little Buffalo • Little Pine • Locust Lake • Lyman Run • Marsh Creek • Maurice K. Goddard • McCalls Dam • McConnells Mill • Memorial Lake • Milton • Mont Alto • Moraine • Mt. Pisgah • Nescopeck • Neshaminy • Nockamixon • Nolde Forest • Norristown Farm • Ohiopyle • Oil Creek • Ole Bull • Parker Dam • Patterson • Penn-Roosevelt • Pine Grove Furnace • Poe Paddy • Poe Valley • Point • Presque Isle • Prince Gallitzin • Promised Land • Prompton • Prouty Place • Pymatuning • R. B. Winter • Raccoon Creek • Ralph Stover • Ravensburg • Reeds Gap • Ricketts Glen • Ridley Creek • Ryerson Station • S. B. Elliott • Salt Springs • Samuel S. Lewis • Sand Bridge • Shawnee • Shikellamy • Sinnemahoning • Sizerville • Susquehanna • Susquehannock • Swatara • Tobyhanna • Trough Creek • Tuscarora • Tyler • Upper Pine Bottom • Varden • Warriors Path • Whipple Dam • White Clay Creek • Worlds End • Yellow Creek

State Forests	Bald Eagle • Buchanan • Clear Creek • Cornplanter • Delaware • Elk • Forbes • Gallitzin • Lackawanna • Loyalsock • Michaux • Moshannon • Rothrock • Sproul • Susquehannock • Tiadaghton • Tioga • Tuscarora • Weiser • William Penn • (Wild areas)

Scenic Rivers	Bear Run • French Creek • Lehigh River • LeTort Spring Run • Lick Run • Lower Brandywine • Octoraro Creek • Pine Creek • Schuylkill River • Stony Creek • Tucquan Creek • Tulpehocken Creek • Yellow Breeches Creek

Other

Other	Anders Run Natural Area • Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary • Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area • Johnson Run Natural Area • Stone Valley Recreation Area • Wykoff Run Natural Area

Hiking Trails	Appalachian • Baker • Black Forest • Central Mountains Shared Use Trails System • Darlington • Eastern Continental • Five Star • Glacier Ridge • Great Eastern • Greene River • Horse Shoe • Indian Creek Valley • Loyalsock • Mid State • Standing Stone • Mason-Dixon • North Country • Ohio River • Old Loggers Path • Pinchot Trail System • Potomac Heritage • Quehanna Trail System • Rachel Carson • Sheepskin • Susquehannock Trail System • Thunder Swamp Trail System • Tuscarora • Valley Forge Historical • West Rim • Wissahickon • Youghiogheny River

Rail Trails	Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike • Beaver River • East Coast Greenway • Five Star • Ghost Town • Great Allegheny Passage • Great Shamokin Path • Greene River • Indian Creek Valley • Lehigh Gorge • Liberty Bell • Lower • Montour • Ohio River • Palmer Bikeway • Panhandle • Perkiomen • Pine Creek • Plainfield Township • Schuylkill River • Sheepskin • Struble • Switchback • Three Rivers Heritage • York Country Heritage • Youghiogheny River

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