Several states are filling the gaps between networks of rail-trails, connecting urban centers with rural areas, spectacular vistas and remote beauty.
Several states are filling the gaps between networks of rail-trails, connecting urban centers with rural areas, spectacular vistas and remote beauty. There are more than 2,100 rail-trails totaling more than 24,000 miles in the United States, according to the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The conservancy also is championing a national trail across 12 states from Washington to Washington, D.C., connecting many of the trails already in existence or being built. About 2,000 miles of the 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail are in place, with 88 gaps remaining.