Trails & Parks

Greenbrier River Trail gets national honor
Charleston Gazette
The 78-mile Greenbrier River Trail, which stretches from Caldwell to Cass, has been named to the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Rail Trail Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of New York City's High Line Trail and Idaho's Trail of the Coeur ...

Stratford Greenway Opens Saturday
Patch.com
The grand opening of the Stratford Greenway Linear Park will take place on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 10 am at the DeLuca Field entry, Main Street in Stratford. Mayor John A. Harkins will be among the speakers, as the town takes a first step in the ...

Cyclist are people too! Share the road: it's the law.
InjuryBoard.com
From Prentiss to Hattiesburg, Mississippi this Rails to Trails path is one of my favorite cycling destinations. The Rails to Trails project converts abandoned railroad beds to cycling trails (www.railstotrails.org). A rail bed is ideal for this purpose ...

Bay Colony Rail Trail Meeting Set May 30
Patch.com
By Becca Manning Those interested in helping to develop the Bay Colony Rail Trail through Needham are encouraged to attend a meeting on Wednesday, May 30 at the Public Services Administration Building. "There has been some good progress on the trail ...

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Watauga Democrat
Woman seeks new record on Mountains to Sea Trail
Watauga Democrat
On Thursday, the 52-year-old mother of three from Sedalia, Colo., set off from Clingmans Dome in Western North Carolina in an attempt to beat the record on the nearly 1000-mile Mountains to Sea Trail. If luck is on her side, Van Daren will arrive at ...
Ultra-runner begins 1000-mile run on NC Mountains-to-Sea TrailNews & Observer

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Skateboarders arrive in Rockmart for first leg of race
Cedartown Standard
by Lowell Vickers The first group of skateboarders enjoy shade, water and bananas, along with some rest, at the Seaborn Jones Park in Rockmart after completing the 37-mile first leg of a three-day race on the Silver Comet Trail.

Cumberland Valley Rail Trail highlighted in Landscape Tour
Carlisle Sentinel
The Cumberland Valley Rail Trail was the highlight of a greater South Mountain Partnership (SMP) sponsored 2012 Landscape Tour in Shippensburg Friday morning. Beginning Thursday morning in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Pa.

Down on the Farm: Rail trail
Morris Sun Tribune
Although I live in the woods, my awareness of nature has been expanded by a trail four miles distant that follows the path of an old rail bed. Although I live in the woods, my awareness of nature has been expanded by a trail four miles distant that ...

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Anniston Star
Grant revives hopes for Chief Ladiga Trail in Anniston
Anniston Star
(Anniston Star photo by Bill Wilson) A $50000 grant is reviving the hopes of city administrators for an Anniston extension of the Chief Ladiga Trail. The cycling trail, which ends near the city's northern limits at Michael Tucker Park, runs 33 miles ...

Meetings scheduled for proposed extension of Western Maryland Rail Trail
The Herald-Mail
The town of Hancock will host one of two National Park Service open houses next week on a proposed extension of the Western Maryland Rail Trail. The park service has prepared an environmental assessment for the extension of the rail trail from Pearre ...

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Charlotte Observer
Diane Van Deren on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
Having started Thursday at Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains, Van Deren is running across North Carolina on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. She's trying to set a speed record, an irony for a woman who has been robbed of her ability to keep track ...
Woman to run 1000-mile N.C mountains-to-sea trailCharlotte Observer

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KARE
Pedaling With Pat: Dakota Rail Trail Phase II
KARE
A new 7-mile stretch of the Dakota Rail Trail in Carver County near Lake Waconia will soon open. In this week's Pedaling With Pat, we took a look at the trail and heard about an event cyclists won't want to miss in the coming weeks.

Alternative High Students Honor Peer's Memory With Rails to Trails Bench
Patch.com
Their goal was to raise $1000 for a Rails to Trails bench in memory of former student Michael Zweigle who lost his life in a car accident in December 2010. His parents, Chris and Lyle, along with siblings Dave and Kristin, supported the evening, ...

On the Run: Learn to Run program proves successful
Poughkeepsie Journal
Websites: www.friendsofsegowea.org or www.mhrrc.org Women's run 5K and 10K Races: May 19, on the new Dutchess County Rail Trail, starting and finishing from parking lot off Van Wyck Lane, with races beginning at 8 am after 6:30 am registration.

News & Observer
Woman to run 1000-mile NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail
News & Observer
Diane Van Deren trains near her home in Sedalia, Colo., on June 24, 2009. Since brain surgery, Van Deren has become a top long-distance runner, undeterred by an inability to remember exactly where she is going or how to get back.
Woman to run 1000-mile N.C mountains-to-sea trailCharlotte Observer

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National Park Service seeks comment on extending Md. rail-trail to Paw Paw, W.Va.
The Republic
AP HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The National Park Service is soliciting public comments on a proposed extension of the Western Maryland Rail Trail to Paw Paw, W.Va. The agency said Wednesday it will hold public meetings May 16 in Hancock and May 17 in Paw Paw on ...

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WTSP 10 News
Friendship Trail Bridge group proposes linear park over water
WTSP 10 News
Volunteers with the Friendship Trail Bridge suggest taking that money and turning the bridge into a linear park so everyone can enjoy it and, at the same time, saving taxpayers the money they've already invested. Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark ...
5 things you need to know happening in Florida on Wednesday, May 9ABC Action News
Can the Friendship Trail Bridge Be Saved?Patch.com

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NH town hopes to start work soon on rail trail
Boston.com
The work in Salem will be part of an 80-mile rail trail from Lawrence, Mass., to Lebanon, NH The Eagle-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/IUblLK) the town and state Department of Transportation still need to negotiate agreements for use of the former ...

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Salem rail trail work could finally start soon
Eagle Tribune
The rail trail, proposed more than a decade ago, extends 5.1 miles through Salem. The trail passes through Windham, Derry and Londonderry as well. The Nevada-based Iron Horse Preservation Society has offered to remove part of the old track and would ...

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Hilton Head Island Packet
Hilton Head linear park plans might jump ahead of Coligny redevelopment
Hilton Head Island Packet
The Town of Hilton Head Island is running out of time to use money raised in a special tax district, which might mean a plan for a linear park between the beach and Broad Creek moves ahead of redevelopment in the Coligny area.