List of rail trails in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, or light motorized traffic. Rail trails are multi-use paths offering, at a minimum, a combination of pedestrian and cycle recreation.

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.

Trails beginning from A to E[]

A
- (part of the Great Allegheny Passage)
- Arrowhead Trail, Washington County^[1]
B
C
- Capital Area Greenbelt (public trail, but not a rail trail)^[2]
- Chester Valley Trail
- Conewago Recreation Trail
- ^[3]
- Cumberland County Biker/Hiker Trail
- Cumberland Valley Rail Trail
- Cynwyd Heritage Trail
D
E
- Eliza Furnace Trail

Trails beginning from F to M[]

F
- Five Star Trail
G
- Ghost Town Trail
- The Great Allegheny Passage
- Great Shamokin Path
- Greene River Trail
H
- Harmony Trail
- Heritage Rail Trail County Park
I
- Indian Creek Valley Trail
- , a rough 10-mile (16 km) trail mostly for hikers and some mountain biking^[4]
- Ironton Rail-trail
J
K
L
- Lackawanna River Heritage Trail
- Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
- Lehigh Gorge Trail
- LeTort Spring Run Nature Trail
- Liberty Bell Trail^[5]
- Little Buffalo State Park Trail
- Lower Trail
M

Trails beginning from N to Z[]

N
- Nor-Bath Trail
O
- Ohio River Trail
- Oil Creek State Park Trail
P
- P&W Trail^[7]
- Palmer Bikeway
- Panhandle Trail
- Pennypack Trail
- Perkiomen Trail
- Pike2Bike Trail, unofficially known as the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike; a former alignment of the Pennsylvania Turnpike; part of the former South Pennsylvania Railroad alignment before the turnpike was built
- Pine Creek Rail Trail
- Plainfield Township Trail
- Pymatuning State Park Spillway Trail
R
S
- Schuylkill River Trail^[8]
- Stavich Bike Trail
- Steel Valley Trail (part of the Great Allegheny Passage)
- Stony Valley Railroad Grade
- Struble Trail
- Susquehanna Warrior Trail
- Swatara State Park Rail Trail
- Switchback Railroad Trail
T
- Three Rivers Heritage Trail (part of the Great Allegheny Passage)
- Thun Trail
- Trolley Trail^[9]
W
Y
- York County Heritage Trail
- Youghiogheny River Trail^[10]

References[]

^ http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/railtrails/oneTrail.aspx?name=Arrowhead+Trail
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-07-20. Retrieved 2006-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://freewheelingeasy.com/freewheelingeasy-write-up/?file=trails-html/Corry.html%7Ctitle trail description
^ http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/railtrails/oneTrail.aspx?name=Iron+Horse+Trail
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-07-11. Retrieved 2006-06-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.montourtrail.org/
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2006-06-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.schuylkillriver.org/Detail.aspx?id=548
^ "Trolley Trail". Countryside Conservancy. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ http://www.youghrivertrail.com/

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