Great American Rail-Trail

The Great American Rail-Trail
The Great American Rail-Trail
	The Great American Rail-Trail
Length	3,700 miles (6,000 km)
Location	United States
Trailheads	East: Washington D.C., West: Washington state.
Use	Hiking, Biking
Hiking details
Website	Rails to Trails official website

The Great American Rail-Trail is a proposed cross-country rail trail in the United States.^[1] The trail runs 3,700 miles (6,000 km) between Washington D.C. in the east and the state of Washington in the west. The planned trail would run through 12 states,^[a]^[2] and be within 50 miles (80 km) of 50 million Americans.^[3] The work is being facilitated by the Rails to Trails Conservancy.^[4] Constructing the Rail Trail involves connecting 145 existing bicycle trails, and filling gaps in 95 existing trails. The project was started in May 2019.^[5]

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Notes[]

^ States the trail will cross include Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, ending in Washington D.C.

Citations[]

^ "A new way to travel across the US". BBC Travel. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Map of the Great American Rail-Trail
^ The Great American Rail-Trail, Rails to Trails Conservancy
^ "US is now building a giant bike trail that will go coast-to-coast". The Hill. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Rosenberg, Lizzy. "Cross-Country Bike Trips Will Soon Be a Reality With the Great American Rail Trail". Green Matters. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

General references[]

"The U.S. Is Building a Bike Trail That Runs Coast-to-Coast Across 12 States". EcoWatch. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"More Pennsylvania mileage expected for Great American Rail-Trail". PennLive. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"New 6,000km trail in the US will allow users to cycle across 12 states from coast to coast". Mothership: News from Singapore. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Momentum Grows For The Great American Rail-Trail". Forbes. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Great American Rail Trail snakes through northwest to eastern Indiana". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Covering 12 states and 3,700 miles, the Great American Rail-Trail will be the first ever cross-country hiking and biking trail". Roadtrippers. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Great American Rail-Trail will let you bike across the country". Curbed. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Great American Rail-Trail to Connect Coasts With 4,000 Miles of Trails". Bicycling.com. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
Withrow, Brandon (22 June 2019). "The Great American Rail Trail: The Best Cross-Country Road Trip Is on a Bike". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Great American Rail-Trail leg planned for Iowa". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Want to Bike Cross-Country? Some Old Rails Could Get You There | WIRED". Wired. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

External links[]

Great American Rail-Trail, official site.

[2] States the trail will cross include Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, ending in Washington D.C.

[1] "A new way to travel across the US". BBC Travel. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[3] Map of the Great American Rail-Trail

[4] The Great American Rail-Trail, Rails to Trails Conservancy

[5] "US is now building a giant bike trail that will go coast-to-coast". The Hill. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[greenmatters-6] Rosenberg, Lizzy. "Cross-Country Bike Trips Will Soon Be a Reality With the Great American Rail Trail". Green Matters. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

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