List of long-distance trails in the United States

The following is a list of long-distance trails in the United States:

Name	Length	Region	Endpoint 1	Endpoint 2	Description
Allegheny Trail	Template:Ntsc	West Virginia	Appalachian Trail	Mason–Dixon line	mostly in West Virginia through the Appalachians and Allegheny Mountains
American Discovery Trail	Template:Ntsc	Coast-to-coast	Delmarva Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean	northern California coast on the Pacific Ocean
Appalachian Trail	Template:Ntsc	Appalachian Mountains	Georgia	Maine	passes through North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire
Arizona Trail	Template:Ntsc	Arizona mountains and canyons	Mexico	Utah	Designated a National Scenic Trail in 2009.
Art Loeb Trail	Template:Ntsc	Pisgah National Forest	Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp	Davidson River Campground	Transverses the Pisgah Ranger District from North to South, and passes through the Shining Rock Wilderness.
Backbone Trail	Template:Ntsc	Santa Monica Mountains NW of Los Angeles, California	Point Mugu State Park	Will Rogers State Historic Park	traverses Santa Monica Mountains, limited overnight capacity
Bartram Trail	Template:Ntsc	southeast mountains	Chattooga River	Cheoah Bald	connects to the Appalachian and Foothills Trails; traverses Georgia and North Carolina
Batona Trail	Template:Ntsc	New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve	Ong's Hat	Bass River State Forest	Passes thru=ough three state parks in the heart of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Bay Area Ridge Trail	Template:Ntsc	San Francisco Bay Area			circles San Francisco Bay; under development
Bay Circuit Trail	Template:Ntsc	Massachusetts	Newbury	Kingston	under construction; will circumnavigate Massachusetts Bay
Benton MacKaye Trail	Template:Ntsc	southeast mountains	Springer Mountain in Georgia	Davenport Gap in Tennessee	connects from the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail; traverses Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina
Bigfoot Trail	Template:Ntsc	northwest California	Klamath Mountains of northwest California	Redwood National Park	traverses Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness; under development
Bonneville Shoreline Trail	Template:Ntsc	Utah			circles ancient Lake Bonneville
Border Route Trail	Template:Ntsc	Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness			Follows the international border between Minnesota and Ontario, Canada.
Buckeye Trail	Template:Ntsc	Ohio	Lake Erie at Headlands Beach State Park	Eden Park in Cincinnati	circles Ohio; many scenic locations, such as the Hocking Hills region and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; passes through many small historical towns, shares path with American Discovery Trail and North Country Trail
California Coastal Trail	Template:Ntsc	California	Oregon	Mexico	more than half complete as of June 2012; within sight, sound, or at least the scent of the sea
Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway	Template:Ntsc	Texas	South Plains Terminal MM	Estelline Terminal MM	A rail trail 100 miles southest of Amarillo, Texas.
Catamount Trail	Template:Ntsc	Vermont	Readsboro, Vermont	Canadian border in North Troy, Vermont	A cross-country skiing trail which crosses the state of Vermont. Parts of the trail are only open in the winter.
Centennial Trail	Template:Ntsc	South Dakota	Black Hills National Forest	South Dakota
Chief Ladiga Trail	Template:Ntsc	Alabama	Georgia state line	Weaver	Alabama's longest rails-to-trails project, at the state line it turns into Georgia's Silver Comet Trail
Chilkoot Trail	Template:Ntsc	Yukon	Dyea, Alaska	Bennett, British Columbia	international historical trail; late 1890s major access route between the coast and Yukon goldfields
C&O Canal Trail	Template:Ntsc	Maryland	Cumberland	Washington, DC	trail is the old towpath for the abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the Potomac River
Cohos Trail	Template:Ntsc	northeastern New Hampshire	Notchland, near Crawford Notch State Park	Canadian border at the southern edge of Quebec
Colorado Trail	Template:Ntsc	central Colorado	Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver	Durango	completed in 1987; highest point 13,334 ft (4,064 m); most above 10,000 ft (3,000 m); often dips below the alpine timberline
Cowboy Trail	Template:Ntsc	northern Nebraska	Norfolk, Nebraska	Valentine, Nebraska	started in 1996, a multi-use rail trail. 321 miles (517 km) of former rail right-of-way, if completed may create the longest rail trail.
Continental Divide Trail	Template:Ntsc	Rocky Mountains	Mexico	Canada	along highest ridge; 70% complete as of 2007; crosses Triple Divide Peak
Cranberry Lake 50	Template:Ntsc	New York			circles the shores of Cranberry Lake in the northwestern region of the Adirondack Park
Cumberland Trail	Template:Ntsc	Tennessee			trail along the Cumberland Plateau
Des Plaines River Trail	Template:Ntsc	Northern Illinois	Wisconsin state line	North Avenue in Melrose Park, Chicago	short stretches incomplete
Desert Trail	Template:Ntsc	Desert and mountains of the West	Jacumba, California	Snowy Top, Canada Border	Traverses the Mojave Desert, Death Valley, the Black Rock Desert, Pueblo Mountains, Blue Mountains, Columbia Plateau, and Selkirk Mountains.
Duncan Ridge Trail	Template:Ntsc	Chattahoochee National Forest	Appalachian & Benton MacKaye Trails at Three Forks	Appalachian Trail at Slaughter Mountain	A National Recreation Trail which forms a Template:Ntsc loop in combination with the Appalachian Trail.
East Coast Greenway	Template:Ntsc	eastern U.S.	Calais, Maine	Key West, Florida	25% complete as of 2011
Eastern Continental Trail	Template:Ntsc	eastern U.S.	Key West, Florida	Belle Isle, Newfoundland	mountain route to Labrador, Canada
Finger Lakes Trail	Template:Ntsc	New York	Catskills	Western New York
Florida Trail	Template:Ntsc	Florida	Gulf Islands National Seashore	Big Cypress National Preserve
Foothills Trail	Template:Ntsc	Appalachian foothills	Table Rock State Park	Oconee State Park	Follows the Blue Ridge Escarpment in South Carolina, and partly in North Carolina.
Fox River Trail (Illinois)	Template:Ntsc	Northern Illinois	Algonquin, Illinois	Oswego, Illinois
Fox River State Recreational Trail	Template:Ntsc	NE Wisconsin	downtown Green Bay	Hilbert	northern 12 miles (19 km) paved, southern 14 miles (23 km) gravel
George S. Mickelson Trail	Template:Ntsc	South Dakota			within the Black Hills
Grand Enchantment Trail	Template:Ntsc	southwest desert	Phoenix, Arizona	Albuquerque, New Mexico	east-west mostly wilderness trail
Great Allegheny Passage	Template:Ntsc	northeast			A rail trail in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Great Eastern Trail	Template:Ntsc approx.	eastern U.S.	New York	Alabama	in development with portions open
Great River Trail	Template:Ntsc	Northern Illinois	Rock Island, Illinois	Savanna, Illinois	in development with most open
Great Western Trail	Template:Ntsc	western Rockies	Canada	Mexico	passes through Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming
Great Western Trail (Illinois)	Template:Ntsc	Illinois, Iowa			mostly rails to trails conversion
Great Western Loop	Template:Ntsc	Western United States	Grand Canyon	Grand Canyon	loop of the American west combining the Pacific Crest Trail, Pacific Northwest Trail, Continental Divide Trail and other trails.
Green Bay Trail-Robert McClory Trail-Kenosha County Bike Path	Template:Ntsc	Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois	Wilmette, Illinois	Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Hayduke Trail	Template:Ntsc				route in Utah and Arizona, linking Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches National Parks
Hennepin Canal Parkway	Template:Ntsc	Northern Illinois	Bureau Junction, Illinois	Colona, Illinois
High Line Canal	Template:Ntsc				trail along the High Line Canal waterway from Waterton Canyon through metropolitan Denver, Colorado
Highlands Trail	Template:Ntsc	New York + New Jersey	Storm King Mountain	Delaware Water Gap	[1]
High Sierra Trail	Template:Ntsc	California	Crescent Meadow in Sequoia National Park	Mount Whitney
Horse Shoe Trail	Template:Ntsc	southeastern Pennsylvania	Valley Forge	Appalachian Trail near Harrisburg
Ice Age Trail	Template:Ntsc approx.	Wisconsin			incomplete; follows terminal moraine of the last ice age
Idaho Centennial Trail	Template:Ntsc approx	Idaho			north-south
Iditarod Trail	Template:Ntsc	Alaskan wilderness	Seward	Nome	famous dog sledding race; route alternates each year
Illinois & Michigan Canal Trail	Template:Ntsc	Northern Illinois	Peru, Illinois	Romeoville, Illinois
Illinois Prairie Path	Template:Ntsc	SE of Chicago	Wheaton		second of 27 new National Trails, consists of three radials
International Appalachian Trail	Template:Ntsc approx.	northeastern North America	Mount Katahdin, Maine	Newfoundland	from the northern terminus of Appalachian Trail; proposals pending to extend to Europe and North Africa
Iron Mountain Trail	Template:Ntsc approx.	NE Tennessee and Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, Virgina	Appalachian Trail at Cross Road Mountain, Tennessee	North west of Fries, Virginia	Transverses the Iron Mountains; most of the route was part of the Appalachian Trail prior to 1972. Many sections are open to bikes and equestrians.
John Muir Trail	Template:Ntsc	California Sierra Nevadas	Yosemite Valley	Mount Whitney
Jordan River Trail	Template:Ntsc	Utah	Great Salt Lake (U.S.)	Utah Lake	winds through city parks and residential areas, mostly paved; an unpaved extension continues another ~26 miles north
Katy Trail	Template:Ntsc	Missouri			crosses the state
Knobstone Trail	Template:Ntsc	southern Indiana
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail	Template:Ntsc	southwestern Pennsylvania			trail in the Laurel Highlands area
Lone Star Hiking Trail	Template:Ntsc	Texas			Sam Houston National Forest north of Houston
Long Path	Template:Ntsc	New York + New Jersey	George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey	Altamont, New York (Albany)
Long Trail	Template:Ntsc	Vermont	Massachusetts	Canada
Maah Daah Hey Trail	Template:Ntsc	North Dakota	Theodore Roosevelt National Park		the longest continuous single track mountain biking trail in America
Mark O. Hatfield Memorial Trail	Template:Ntsc	Oregon	Starvation Creek	Multnomah Falls	proposed in 2011, almost entirely in wilderness, course incompletely determined as of 2013, but expected to be on existing trails
Mason-Dixon Trail	Template:Ntsc	Pennsylvania	Appalachian Trail at Whiskey Springs, Pennsylvania	Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Massanutten Trail	Template:Ntsc	George Washington National Forest			Large loop trail; National Recreation Trail.
Mattabesett Trail	Template:Ntsc	south-central Connecticut
Metacomet-Monadnock Trail	Template:Ntsc	New Hampshire	Metacomet Trail on the Massachusetts-Connecticut state line	Mount Monadnock
Michigan Shore-to-Shore Trail	Template:Ntsc	Michigan	Lake Michigan	Lake Huron
Midstate Trail (Massachusetts)	Template:Ntsc	Massachusetts			Worcester County, central Massachusetts
Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway	Template:Ntsc	southwest New Hampshire	Mount Monadnock	Mount Sunapee
Mountains-to-Sea Trail	Template:Ntsc approx.	North Carolina	Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains	Jockey's Ridge, Outer Banks	about 530 miles (850 km) complete as of 2011; follows the Appalachian Trail for 3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Natchez Trace Trail	Template:Ntsc	southeastern U.S.	Tennessee	Mississippi	disjoint trail; Template:Ntsc complete; not planned to be connected
New River Trail State Park	Template:Ntsc	Southern Virginia	Pulaski, Virginia	Fries, Virginia & Galax, Virginia	A rail trail, with three end points, following the New River and one of its tributaries.
North Country Trail	Template:Ntsc	northern United States	New York	North Dakota
Northeast Texas Trail	Template:Ntsc	Texas	Farmersville, Texas (NE of Dallas)	New Boston, Texas	incomplete rail to trail conversion which passes through seven rural Texas counties and 19 towns, mostly east-west. There are overgrown and illegally fenced off sections.
Northville-Placid Trail	Template:Ntsc	New York	Northville	Lake Placid	north-south valley trail through the Adirondack State Preserve
OC&E Woods Line State Trail	Template:Ntsc	Oregon	Klamath Falls	Thompson Reservoir	a rail trail and Oregon State Park
Old Croton Trail	Template:Ntsc	New York			follows Old Croton Aqueduct
Olympic Discovery Trail	Template:Ntsc	Washington state's Olympic Peninsula	Port Townsend	La Push	about 40 miles (64 km) complete as of 2011 with the remainder traversable using public roads
Oregon Coast Trail	Template:Ntsc	Oregon	north Oregon coast at South Jetty	Brookings	entire Pacific coast of Oregon
Oregon Desert Trail	Template:Ntsc	Oregon	Oregon Badlands Wilderness	Lake Owyhee State Park	under development as of summer 2013, though no trail needs to be built: uses existing trails and public lands
Ouachita National Recreation Trail	Template:Ntsc	Oklahoma and Arkansas			longest trail in Ouachita National Forest
Ozark Highlands Trail	Template:Ntsc	Arkansas			through the Ozark National Forest
Ozark Trail	Template:Ntsc approx.	Missouri
Pacific Crest Trail	Template:Ntsc	west coast	Mexico	Canada	traverses Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range paralleling the Pacific Ocean in California, Oregon and Washington
Pacific Northwest Trail	Template:Ntsc	Pacific Northwest	Glacier National Park (U.S.)	Cape Alava, Olympic National Park, Washington	Designated a National Scenic Trail in 2009.
Palmetto Trail	Template:Ntsc	South Carolina	Charleston	southern Appalachians	Template:Ntsc contiguous miles complete
Paumanok Path	Template:Ntsc	Long Island, New York	Rocky Point	Montauk Point	Only long distance trail in Long Island's Pine Barrens
Pennsylvania Mid State Trail	Template:Ntsc	Pennsylvania	Maryland	New York	traverses width of state
Pinhoti Trail	Template:Ntsc	Alabama and Georgia	Benton MacKaye Trail	Flagg Mountain near Weogulfa, Alabama	Connects the Appalachian Trail to the southernmost mountain of the Appalachian Mountain chain that is over Template:Ntsc in elevation.
Potomac Heritage Trail	Template:Ntsc	mid-northeastern U.S.			incomplete; within Potomac River basin
River to River Trail	Template:Ntsc	Southern Illinois	Ohio River	Mississippi River	Stretches through Shawnee National Forest. It forms part of the Southern Section of the American Discovery Trail.
Robert Frost Trail	Template:Ntsc	Massachusetts			Connecticut River Valley
Rock Island Trail	Template:Ntsc	Central Illinois	Peoria, Illinois	Toulon, Illinois
San Francisco Bay Trail	Template:Ntsc	San Francisco Bay Area			encircles shoreline of San Francisco Bay; under development
Sheltowee Trace Trail	Template:Ntsc	Kentucky			Daniel Boone National Forest
Sierra High Route	Template:Ntsc	California			within Kings Canyon National Park, Inyo National Forest, and Yosemite National Park
Silver Comet Trail	Template:Ntsc	western Georgia			a rails-to-trails project, at the state line it turns into Alabama's Chief Ladiga Trail
Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail	Template:Ntsc	California	coastal mountains	Pacific Ocean
Solitude Loop Trail	Template:Ntsc	Wyoming	Bighorn National Forest	Wyoming
Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway	Template:Ntsc	west central New Hampshire			loop trail encircling the Kearsarge-Lake Sunapee region [2]
Superior Hiking Trail	Template:Ntsc	Minnesota			follows north shore of Lake Superior
Susquehannock Trail System	Template:Ntsc	north central Pennsylvania			trail loop in the Susquehannock State Forest
Tahoe Rim Trail	Template:Ntsc	California + Nevada			loop trail surrounding Lake Tahoe
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail	Template:Ntsc	California	Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite	Lake Tahoe
Theodore Solomons Trail	Template:Ntsc	California			parallel alternate to the John Muir Trail, laying lower and further west
Tuscarora Trail	Template:Ntsc	Appalachians			parallels Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia
Timberline Trail	Template:Ntsc	Oregon			loops around Mount Hood, almost completely in wilderness
Tunnel Hill State Trail	Template:Ntsc	Southern Illinois	Harrisburg, Illinois	Karnak, Illinois
North Umpqua Trail	Template:Ntsc	southern Oregon			follows the Umpqua River; 11 segments mostly in undeveloped forest
Virginia Creeper Trail	Template:Ntsc	Virginia			near the Appalachian Trail; multi use rail trail
Warrior Trail	Template:Ntsc	Pennsylvania and West Virginia	Monongahela River at Greensboro, Pennsylvania	Ohio River south of Moundsville, West Virginia	A hiking trail entirely on private property
Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail	Template:Ntsc	Northern Virginia	Shirlington, Virginia	Purcellville, Virginia	A rail trail in Northern Virginia.
Wonderland Trail	Template:Ntsc	Washington			loop around Mount Rainier in Washington
Waterloo-Pinckney Trail	Template:Ntsc	Michigan			Lower Peninsula and the closest city is Chelsea, Michigan

See also

• National Trails System
• National Millennium Trail project - 16 long-distance trails selected in 2000 as visionary trails that reflect defining aspects America's history and culture
• Trail, Long-distance trail
• List of long-distance trails
• State wildlife trails (United States)
• Walking, Hiking, Backpacking
• Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association

External links

• American Trails
• American Long Distance Hiking Association- West
• Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association
• American Hiking Society
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy
• Buckeye Trail Association
• Desert Trail information