1. Great Allegheny Passage (MA/PA) ♦2. Katy Trail State Park (MO) ♦ 3. Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail (FL) ♦ 4. Burke-Gilman Trail (WA) ♦ 5. Minuteman Bikeway (MA) ♦ 6. Illinois Prairie Path (IL) ♦ 7. Elroy-Sparta State Trail (WI) ♦ 8. Bizz Johnson Trail (CA) ♦ 9. W&OD Trail (VA) ♦ 10. Monon Trail (IN) ♦ 11. Silver Comet (GA) and Chief Ladiga trails (AL) ♦ 12. East Bay Bicycle Path (RI) ♦ 13. Pere Marquette Rail-Trail (MI) ♦ 14. Little Miami Scenic Trail (OH) ♦ 15. Paul Bunyan State Trail (MN) ♦ 16. Wabash Trace Nature Trail (IA) ♦ 17. Prairie Spirit Rail Trail State Park (KS) ♦ 18. Springwater Corridor (OR) ♦ 19. High Line (NY) ♦ 20. George S. Mickleson Trail (SD) ♦ 21. Prescott Peavine National Recreation Trail and Iron King Trail (AZ) ♦ 22. Longleaf Trace (MS) ♦ 23. Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha (ID) ♦ 24. Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park (UT) ♦ 25. Island Line Rail Trail (VT) ♦ 26. Greenbrier River Trail (WV) ♦ 27. Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail (VA) ♦ 28. Heritage Rail Trail County Park (PA) and Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (MD) ♦ 29. Midtown Greenway (MN) ♦ 30. Hudson Valley Trail Network (NY) ♦ 31. Tammany Trace (LA) ♦ 32. Cardinal Greenway (IN) ♦ 33. Tanglefoot Trail (MS) ♦ 34. Mon River Rail-Trail System (WV)
“Nice to hear from you! Thanks so much for sharing your feedback and for your long-time RTC membership. That’s impressive that you’ve visited all of the Hall of Famers—wow! It’s on my bucket list.” – Laura Stark, Staff Writer, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
After retiring from the US Forest Service in January 2014 Sandra and I moved to Black Mountain, NC . I was looking for some trails to ride with my recumbent. In a used book store I found a copy of Rail-Trails Southeast: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, and TN published by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC). When we lived in Florida (2005 to 2014) and also in South Carolina (1990s) I biked all the rail-trails in those States. This guide gave me the information I needed to bike rail-trails in other nearby southeastern states. While riding them and then researching the rail-trails on the internet I found out about the Hall of Fame that RTC started in 2007 to recognize exemplary rail-trails around the country. Today there are 31 rail-trails in the Hall of Fame. Bingo, my Quest to ride my recumbent on rail-trails now went nationwide.
RTC was there at the beginning of my career in trails and here they are in my retirement. Back in 1980s I signed up as a life member of American Youth Hostels (now Hosteling International), League of American Wheelmen (now League of American Bicyclists), and Bikecentennial (now Adventure Cycling). So not sure which group RTC got my address from but I received a mailing from them at a time when I was looking for a topic for my Recreation Geography masters thesis in . As an inducement to join RTC they sent me a booklet showing all the rail-trails in the country and South Carolina where I was living was blank. I thought there had to be a few in the State. I ended up researching existing rail-trails in South Carolina and identifying potential abandoned railbeds that could be developed into rail-trails and presenting them as my 1989 thesis for a Master’s in Recreation Geography at the University of South Carolina. Ron Carter who headed up the Recreation Department for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (PRT) helped me with my research and PRT ended up using my Thesis as their Statewide rails-to-trails plan. Marianne Fowler who has just started with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy as their Southern Organizer and I hosted public meetings in Rock Hill, Barnwell, and Charleston to kick-start rail-trails projects that I had identified. Today Marianne is the Senior Strategist for Policy Advocacy for RTC.
I ended up working in the trail field for SC PRT and the US Forest Service (AZ, DC, ID, FL) the next 25 years. Now that I’m retired RTC comes out with a Rail-Trail Hall of Fame book. What better way to spend some of my retirement than by biking on these rail-trails. Many of them I studied when I wrote my thesis and others I’ve heard of and dreamed about riding for years.
January 2016 Jim Schmid’s Rail-Trail Hall of Fame progress map
First (2015) was to list the trails I had biked in the past – Great Allegheny Passage, Katy Trail, Pinellas Trail, W&OD Trail, Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha, Historic Union Pacific Trail, and the Virginia Creeper. I plan to go back and bike each of these trails again.
Second (2015/16) was to bike the trails in the Southeast as I was already planning to bike the trails listed in the book Southeast Rail-Trails – Pinellas Trail (again), Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga Trails, Longleaf Trace, Greenbrier River Trail, and Virginia Creeper (again). I also biked the Tammany Trace which was added as member 31 in 2017.
Third (2015) was to travel to the midwest to bike Illinois Prairie Path, Monon Trail, Pere Marquette Trail, and a separate trip to bike the Little Miami Scenic Trail.
Fourth (2016) was my big trip out west during April and May when I biked Peavine and Iron King, Bizz Johnson, Springwater Corridor, Burke-Gilman, Trail of the Coeur d’ Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha (again), Historic Union Pacific Trail (again), George S. Mickelson, and Prairie Spirit Trail. I was on the road for 62 days and drove 9,866 miles in 20 States. Besides biking the above Hall of Fame Rail-Trails I biked an additional 17 rail-trails for a total of 1,091 miles. While I was on the road I read that RTC had published Rail-Trail Hall of Fame: A selection of America’s Premier Rail-Trails. I ordered the book and it was in my mailbox when I got home.
Fifth (2016) was my September trip to the Northeast to bike four more trails (Hudson Valley Trail Network, Island Line, Minuteman, and East Bay Bike Path) and even walk one (High Line in Manhattan). I was on the road for 11 days and drove 2,459 miles through 11 states. Biked 113 miles and walked 1.5 miles on the High Line.
I had planned to bike the Torrey C. Brown and Heritage Rail Trail on my way home, but got sick so drove straight home. I drove back up in October to bike them (Torrey C. Brown / Heritage Rail Trail). I drove 1,204 miles on that five day trip. Biked 136 miles.
November 2016 Jim Schmid’s Rail-Trail Hall of Fame progress map — Pink (26) completed Yellow (4) yet to ride
Sixth (2017) during May I spent 18 days in the Midwest to bike the last four trails on my Hall of Fame Quest (Elroy-Sparta Trail, Midtown Greenway, Paul Bunyan State Trail, and Wabash Trace Nature Trail). On this trip on my way north I spent a few days in Dayton, OH where I biked a few trails and stopped in at the International Trails Symposium’s free event. I enjoyed walking through the exhibit hall and talking with trails folks I know. I then drove onto the Midwest to bike the rail-trails. On my way home I stopped in Tennessee to bike a couple of local rail-trails. I ended up driving 3,421 miles and biking 579.
Seventh (2017) I biked the Great Allegheny Passage (again) from October 26 to November 2. I drove 1,331 miles and biked 303.
(2019) I had the chance to bike the latest Hall of Fame rail trail – Indiana’s Cardinal Greenway when I was on a two week trip in April and May. I was up north to volunteer at the International Trails Symposium in Syracuse, NY. Made sense to head east and bike the Cardinal Greenway May 4 to 7.
In July 2019 The Tanglefoot Trail was inducted as the 33rd Hall of Fame Rail Trail. I had biked the Tanglefoot back in 2015 so added it to my list.
(2019) I had the chance to get back to Missouri and bike the 240-mile Katy Trail from September 9 to 21. Sandra and I biked Katy one-way back in 2008 with a Sierra Club group. This time I rode segments out and back each day for a total of 475 miles.
(2020) The 48-mile Mon River Rail-Trail System was added as the 34th member of the Hall of Fame. We’re seven months into the Covid 19 pandemic and I needed to get out and on a trail. I was able to bike the three trails that make up the System on September 16 and 17.
The future: I would like to re-ride The Tanglefoot Trail and perhaps get a photo of the Hall of Fame sign to add to my collection.
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy plans to add a new Hall of Fame member each year – my Quest will never end. Pretty neat.
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1. Great Allegheny Passage (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Great Allegheny Passage in 2017.
– I biked the 126-mile Great Allegheny Passage with an Adventure Cycling group (more photos and write-up) in 2010. The trip also included biking the C&O Canal.
As part of my Hall of Fame Quest I biked the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage again from Oct 26 to Nov 3, 2017 (more photos and write-up). Since the first 2010 ride the GAP has been extended into downtown Pittsburgh, PA.
2010 – Great Allegheny Passage (more photos and write-up)
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2017 – Great Allegheny Passage (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Great Allegheny Passage (MD / PA – 150 miles).
2. Katy Trail State Park (Missouri)
– Sandra and I biked the 225-mile Katy Trail with a Sierra Club group (more photos and write-up) in 2008.
Link to trail signs photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Katy Trail in 2019.
As part of my Hall of Fame Quest I biked the 240-mile Katy Trail again from Sept 9 to 21, 2019 (more photos and write-up).
2008 – Katy Trail (more photos and write-up)
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2019 – Katy Trail (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Katy Trail State Park (MO – 225 miles)
3. Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail (Florida)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Pinellas Trail in 2016.
– Sandra and I first biked the Pinellas Trail in 1995 (more photos and write-up). We also biked the Pinellas Trail in 2007 (more photos and write-up). As part of my Hall of Fame Quest I biked the 44.3-mile Pinellas Trail again on Jan 25, 2016 (more photos and write-up).
1995 – Pinellas Trail (more photos and write-up)
2007 – Pinellas Trail (more photos and write-up)
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2016 – Pinellas Trail (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail (FL – 44.3 miles)
4. Burke-Gilman Trail (Washington)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Burke-Gilman Trail in 2016.
– I biked the 19-mile Burke-Gilman Trail (more photos and write-up) on April 26 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Burke-Gilman Trail (WA – 19 miles)
5. Minuteman Bikeway (Massachusetts)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Minuteman Bikeway in 2016.
– I biked the 10.4-mile Minuteman Bikeway (more photos and write-up) on September 5, 2016.
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RTC Hall of Fame link: Minuteman Bikeway (MA – 10.4 miles)
6. Illinois Prairie Path (Illinois)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Illinois Prairie Path in 2015.
– I biked the 46-mile Illinois Prairie Path (more photos and write-up) from August 21 to 23 in 2015.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Illinois Prairie Path (IL – 46 miles)
7. Elroy-Sparta State Trail (Wisconsin)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in 2017.
– I biked the 32-mile Elroy-Sparta State Trail (more photos, video, and write-up) on May 8&9, 2017.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Elroy-Sparta State Trail (WI – 32 miles)
8. Bizz Johnson Trail (California)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Bizz Johnson Trail in 2016.
– I biked the 24.5-mile Bizz Johnson Trail (more photos and write-up) on April 17&18 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Bizz Johnson Trail (CA – 24.5 miles)
9. W&OD Trail (Virginia)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the W&OD Trail in 2015.
– Sandra and I first biked the W&OD Trail in 2000 (more photos and write-up). I biked the 45-mile W&OD Trail again Oct 6&7, 2015 (more photos and write-up) as part of my Hall of Fame Quest.
2000 – W&OD Trail (more photos and write-up)
2015 – W&OD Trail (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: W&OD Trail ( VA – 45 miles)
10. Monon Trail (Indiana)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Monon Trail in 2015.
– I biked the 18-mile Monon Trail (more photos and write-up) on August 23, 2015.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Monon Trail (IN – 18 miles)
11. Silver Comet (Georgia) and Chief Ladiga trails (Alabama)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Silver Comet Trail in 2015.
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Chief Ladiga Trail in 2015.
– I biked both the 61-mile Silver Comet Trail (more photos and write-up) on May 11 to 14 and 33-mile Chief Ladiga Trail (more photos and write-up) on June 1 in 2015.
2015 – Silver Comet Trail (more photos and write-up)
2015 – Chief Ladiga Trail (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga Trails (GA / AL – 61 / 33 miles)
12. East Bay Bike Path (Rhode Island)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the East Bay Bike Path in 2016.
– I biked the 14-mile East Bay Bike Path (more photos and write-up) on September 6 & 7, 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: East Bay Bike Path (RI – 14 miles)
13. Pere Marquette Rail-Trail of Michigan
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail in 2015.
– I biked the 30-mile Pere Marquette Rail-Trail (more photos and write-up) on September 6, 2015.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Pere Marquette Rail-Trail (MI – 30 miles)
14. Little Miami Scenic Trail (Ohio)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Little Miami Scenic Trail in 2015.
– I biked the 78-mile Little Miami Scenic Trail (more photos and write-up) from July 31 to August 2, 2015.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Little Miami Scenic Trail (OH – 78 miles)
15. Paul Bunyan State Trail (Minnesota)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Paul Bunyan State Trail in 2017.
– I biked the 123-mile Paul Bunyan State Trail (more photos, video, and write-up) from May 10 to 14, 2017.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Paul Bunyan State Trail (MN -123 miles)
16. Wabash Trace Nature Trail (Iowa)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Wabash Nature Trail in 2017.
– I biked the 63-mile Wabash Trace Nature Trail (more photos, video, and write-up) from May 16 to 18, 2017.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Wabash Trace Nature Trail (IA – 63 miles)
17. Prairie Spirit Rail Trail State Park (Kansas)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail in 2016.
– I biked the 51-mile Prairie Spirit Rail Trail (more photos and write-up) on June 3 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Prairie Spirit Rail Trail State Park (KS – 51 miles)
18. Springwater Corridor (Oregon)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Springwater Corridor in 2016.
– I biked the 21.5-mile Springwater Corridor (more photos and write-up) on April 25 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Springwater Corridor (OR – 21.5 miles)
19. High Line (New York)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while walking the High Line in 2016.
– I walked the 1.5-mile High Line (more photos and write-up) in New York City on August 31, 2016
RTC Hall of Fame link: The High Line (NY – 1.5 mile)
20. George S. Mickelson Trail ( South Dakota)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the George S. Mickelson Trail in 2016.
– I biked the 109-mile George S. Mickelson Trail (more photos and write-up) from May 28 to June 1 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: George S. Mikelson Trail (SD – 109 miles)
21. Prescott Peavine National Recreation Trail and Iron King Trail (Arizona)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Prescott Peavine Trail in 2016.
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Iron King Trail in 2016.
– I biked both the 6-mile and 5.8 mile Peavine and Iron King Trails (more photos and write-up) on April 7 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
Peavine Trail (more photos and write-up)
Iron King Trail (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Peavine and Iron King Trails (AZ – 6 / 5.8 miles)
22. Longleaf Trace (Mississippi)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Longleaf Trace in 2015.
– I biked the 41-mile Longleaf Trace (more photos and write-up) on June 11, 2015.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Longleaf Trace (MS – 41 miles)
23. Trail of the Coeur d’ Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha (Idaho)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Trail of the Coeur d’ Alenes in 2016.
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Route of the Hiawatha Trail in 2016.
– Sandra and I first biked these trails in 2003 with a group led my Leo Hennessy. We were living in Boise, ID at the time. I biked the 73-mile Trail of the Coeur d’ Alenes (more photos and write-up) May 12 to 15 and 15-mile Route of the Hiawatha (more photos and write-up) on May 26 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
2003 group photo (Sandra and I are circled)
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2016 -Trail of the Coeur d’ Alenes (more photos and write-up)
2016 – Route of the Hiawatha (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes and Route of the Hiawatha (ID – 73 / 15 miles)
24. Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park (Utah)
– In 1998 Sandra and I were in Park City, UT to attend an American Trails Board meeting. While there we walked on the Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park . Then we biked on the Trail with Jim Coffman and Roger Bell. I spent a morning and biked 21 miles on the Trail. Before we left Park City Sandra and I biked the Trail again.
I biked the 28-mile Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park (more photos and write-up) again on May 1 while on my two-month Western trip in 2016.
2016 – Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park (UT – 28 miles)
25. Island Line Rail Trail (Vermont)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Island Line Rail Trail in 2016.
– I biked the 14-mile Island Line (more photos, video, and write-up) rail-trail in Burlington, VT on September 1, 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Island Line (VT – 14 miles)
26. Greenbrier River Trail (West Virginia)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Greenbrier River Trail in 2015.
– I biked the 78-mile Greenbrier River Trail (more photos and write-up) on June 21 to 24, 2015.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Greenbrier River Trail (WV – 78 miles)
27. Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail (Virginia)
– Sandra and I first biked the Virginia Creeper Trail May 8, 1990 ( I have one picture from that trip). We biked Virginia Creeper Trail May 11, 1997 (more photos and write-up). We walked a section near Abingdon in 2011 (more photos and write-up) when we were in town for a conference. In 2014 I walked in to see the new replacement trestle (more photos and write-up) (tornado had taken it out in 2011). I biked the entire 34-mile Virginia Creeper again on July 10, 2016 (more photos and write-up) as part of my Rail-Trail Hall of Fame Quest. Sandra and I bicycled the Virginia Creeper Trail from Abingdon to Alvarado Station (more photos and write-up) on Oct 28, 2016.
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2011 – Virginia Creeper Trail (more photos and write-up)
2014 – Virginia Creeper Trail (more photos and write-up)
2016 (July 10) – Virginia Creeper Trail (more photos and write-up)
2016 (Oct 28) – Virginia Creeper Trail (more photos and write-up)
2021 (May 15) – Virginia Creeper Trail (more photos and write-up)
2022 (May 31) – Virginia Creeper Trail (more photos and write-up)
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RTC Hall of Fame link: Virginia Creeper Trail (VA 34 miles)
28. Heritage Rail Trail County Park (Pennsylvania) and Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (Maryland)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail in 2016.
Sandra and I first biked the Heritage Rail Trail County Park in 2002 (more photos and write-up). I again biked the 24.9-mile Heritage Rail Trail County Park (more photos and write-up) on October 5, 2016 as well as the 19.5-mile Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (more photos and write-up) on October 4, 2016 while on my Hall of Fame Quest.
2002 – Heritage Rail Trail County Park (more photos and write-up)
2016 – Heritage Rail Trail County Park (more photos and write-up)
2016 – Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (more photos and write-up)
RTC Hall of Fame link: Heritage Rail Trail County Park and Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail (PA / MD 24.9 / 19.5)
29. Midtown Greenway (Minnesota)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Midtown Greenway in 2017.
– I biked the 5.5-mile Midtown Greenway (more photos and write-up) on May 10, 2017.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Midtown Greenway (MN – 5.5 miles)
30. Hudson Valley Trail Network (New York)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Hudson Valley Rail Trail in 2016.
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Walkway Over the Hudson in 2016.
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Dutchess Rail Trail in 2016.
– I biked the three trails that make up the 18-mile Hudson Valley Trail Network (more photos, video, and write-up) on August 30, 2016.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Hudson Valley Trail Network (NY – 18 miles)
31. Tammany Trace (Louisiana)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Tammany Trace in 2015.
– I biked the 27-mile Tammany Trace (more photos and write-up) on June 12, 2015. Tammany Trace was added to the Hall of Fame in July 2017. I had biked the Trace two years before in my quest to ride the rail-trails in the Southeast.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Tammany Trace (LA – 27 miles)
32. Cardinal Greenway (Indiana)
Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the Cardinal Greenway in 2019.
– I biked the 61.2-mile Cardinal Greenway (more photos, videos, and write-up) from May 4 to 7, 2019.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Cardinal Greenway (IN – 61.2 miles)
33. Tanglefoot Trail (Mississippi)
– I biked the 43.6-mile Tanglefoot Trail (more photos and writeup) on June 13 and 14, 2015. Tanglefoot Trail was added to the Hall of Fame in 2019. I had biked the Tanglefoot in 2015 in my quest to ride the rail-trails in the Southeast.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Tanglefoot Trail (MS – 43.6 miles)
34. Mon River Rail-Trail System (West Virginia)
– I biked the 48-mile Mon River Rail-Trail System (more photos, videos, and writeup) on September 16&17, 2020.
RTC Hall of Fame link: Mon River Rail-Trail System (WV – 48 miles)
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