Trails & Parks

Dixie 200 Relay comes through Cedartown
Cedartown Standard
by From staff reports According to a press release, the Dixie 200 Relay is coming through Cedartown via the Silver Comet Trail. Runners started arriving around 1:45 pm, and most of all the teams are expected to be through by 3:30 pm The Dixie 200 Relay ...

Whittier shows pedal power
Whittier Daily News
By Sandra T. Molina, SGVN Cyclists leave Whittier's Bicycle Pit Stop with free goodie bags during Bike To Work Day along the Whittier Greenway Trail on Thursday. About 100 cyclists came in for the stop. (James Carbone / Correspondent) WHITTIER - It was ...

Tampabay.com
Tarpon leaders want to make downtown trail crossing safer
Tampabay.com
By Diane Steinle, Times Staff Writer TARPON SPRINGS — A speed study done by the city tells the story of why Pinellas Trail users take their lives in their hands when they try to cross Tarpon Avenue downtown. For one week in February, police checked ...

On the Run: Locals find relief at New Jersey Marathon
Poughkeepsie Journal
For a photo gallery from the race and from the kids one-mile run, visit www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/ players / Bob Kopac/Courtesy photo Women's run 5K and 10K Races: May 19, on the new Dutchess County Rail Trail, starting and finishing from parking lot ...

West Virginia MetroNews
WV Rail Trail Earns National Honor
West Virginia MetroNews
A West Virginia Rails to Trails project has been designated for a high honor. The Greenbrier River Trail will be inducted into the national Rail Trail Hall of Fame. The Rails to Trails Conservancy made the announcement this week.
West Virginia trail to be inducted into Rail-Trail Hall of Fame | The RepublicThe Republic
Greenbrier River Trail gets national honorCharleston Gazette
Abandoned Rail Lines Are Valuable ResourcesWYTV

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Rail Trail extension work could start later this year
The Herald-Mail
By DON AINES dona@herald-mail.com A plan to extend the Western Maryland Rail Trail could be approved by the National Park Service by August with construction of a portion of the extension possibly beginning later this year.

Greenbrier River Trail Headed to Rail-Trail Hall of Fame
WVNS-TV
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is inducting the trail, a West Virginia State Park, into the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame on June 2. "This celebration of the Greenbrier River Trail recognizes the importance of the trail to the residents and businesses of ...

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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, ...