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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.
The Conewago Recreation Trail is a public recreational rail trail that follows the once Cornwall-Lebanon Railroad rail corridor for a total of slightly over 5.0 miles. The trail stretches from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, to the Lebanon County Line, Pennsylvania, at which point it links up to the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail which continues for another 15.0 miles.
The Lower Trail (/'laʊ.ər/, rhymes with "flower") is a 16.5-mile (26.6 km) rail trail that follows the Juniata River in West-Central Pennsylvania from Flowing Springs in Blair County to Alfarata in Huntingdon County. The Lower Trail is owned and maintained by Rails to Trails of Central Pennsylvania, a 501c3 organization.
The most unique aspect of the Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail is that all fundraising, construction management, trail maintenance and public relations is performed by an extremely dedicated core group of volunteers. Lebanon Valley Rails-to-Trail, Inc. is the non-profit organization formed in 1996 to spearhead this rail-trail's development and management.
The tracks were removed, and the first section of the Pine Creek Rail Trail opened in 1996. [4] The trail opened in stages with the most recent section (from Ansonia to just north of Wellsboro) being completed in 2007. [5] The trail is operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
A map of Switchback Railroad Trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Switchback Rail-Trail is a rail trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. [1] The trail surface is natural, consisting of dirt, roots, rocks, and occasional coal chunks. The trail runs downhill on the former right-of-way of the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway from Summit Hill to ...
Pages in category "Rail trails in Pennsylvania" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The rails-with-trails was built alongside the York County-owned former PRR line, currently in use by heritage railway Steam into History. [10] [4] In 1992, two Eagle Scouts from Troop 37, Chad Harvey and Jeremy Sykes, spearheaded the development of the trail's first 1.48 miles as their Eagle project. [11]