Rail-Trail
State: PA Length: 7.7 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. Three stacked loops offer a variety of hiking and skiing opportunities at a range of difficulty levels. The trail starts out on a railroad grade along Big Mill Creek. This trail is marked with blue diamonds. This trail ...
State: PA Length: 9 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. The trail is a combination of logging roads, railroad grades and pipelines that offer challenges to a wide range of skill levels. Trail is marked with blue diamonds.
State: PA Length: 8.3 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. The three loops are suitable for beginners. The trail is marked with blue diamonds. Check out the short 1.2 mile Hearts Content Interpretive Trail which offers a scenic hike through an old growth forest of beech, hemlock ...
State: PA Length: 12 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The route is primitive and unimproved. The trail crosses several streams that are not bridged. The trail follows the scenic Tionesta Creek with lots of great scenery and fishing.
State: PA Length: 5.6 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Mill Creek Trail serves as a connector between Twin Lakes Recreation Area and the Brush Hollow Trail. Just south of Forest Road 138, the Mill Creek Trail leaves the Twin Lakes Trail and heads south. The trail passes through the Kane Experimental ...
State: PA Length: 6.6 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
This moderately difficult trail features great views of Minister Creek and passes by several outstanding rock outcropings, the latter about 1 mile from the trailhead parking lot. This heavily used trail is marked with white diamonds. The trail ...
State: PA Length: 4.5 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt, Grass
Located on the western side of the Allegheny National Forest, this trail extends north to south, parallel to the Allegheny River from the town of Tidioute to Grove Run. The trail retains much of the wilderness appeal of the surrounding forest ...
State: PA Length: 16.6 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
This trail passes through a variety of pleasing landscapes. The area near Crane Run is especially scenic. The trail is marked with white diamonds. The skill level of this trail is rated more difficult. The Twin Lakes Trail ends at the North ...
State: NY Length: 5.6 miles Surface: Asphalt
If you find yourself in Allegany or Olean, New York, with a half hour to spare, this loop trail makes for a very enjoyable bike ride. Better yet, strap on your inline skates and do a lap or two with the other skaters, bicyclists, walkers, baby-jogger ...
State: PA Length: 3.8 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Blaisdell-Emery Trail follows an abandoned railroad bed between South Bradford and the borough of Lewis Run. This scenic trail parallels Tunungant Creek (locally called Tuna Creek) for part of the way and offers a nice quiet stroll or bike ...
State: NY Length: 28.56 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Though mostly a continuous system of trails from Sherman north to Brocton, some segments of the Chautauqua Rails-to-Trails system go by other names (see below). All the trails are primarily grassy but some portions are gravel or crushed stone. ...
State: PA Length: 19 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
This picturesque trail meanders along the Wild and Scenic Clarion River and Little Toby Creek through Elk and Jefferson counties between the charming small towns of Ridgway and Brockway. Tree cover provides shade in the summer months. As you ...
State: NY, PA Length: 5.1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Crossing the state line into New York near Erie, Pennsylvania, the 7.5-mile trail runs through the beautiful Brokenstraw Valley, passing small streams, a tamarack swamp, deciduous woods and wildflowers. The construction of railroad tracks through ...
State: PA Length: 7 miles Surface:
A seven mile section of the Thornton Junction (aka Crooked Creek) Trail was acquired for public use by the Northwest Pennsylvania Trail Association. The corridor begins immediately south of south of Route 5 at Girard Junction and follows the ...
State: NY Length: 365 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Erie Canalway Trail runs 365 miles, from Buffalo in the west to Albany in the east, linking other cities of Rochester, Syracuse, Rome, Utica, and Schenectady. As of August 2011, about 75% of the trail is complete with a few remaining gaps ...
State: NY Length: 68.8 miles Surface: Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Genesee Valley Greenway rolls through towns and countless landscapes from Rochester south to Cuba, New York. The greenway is a work in progress, but there is a long, continuous segment (37 miles) between Rochester and Sonyea that provides ...
State: PA Length: 0.3 miles Surface:
At 301 feet high, the Kinzua Railroad Bridge is considered the second highest bridge in the United States and when it was built in 1882, was the highest railroad bridge in the world. Unfortunately, in 2003 torrential winds from a tornado demolished ...
State: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
This trail lies at the bottom of the Kinzua Valley running parallel to Kinzua Creek and using the former Valley Railroad Grade. Approximately 3 miles of the section just west of Westline has been developed with an improved crushed stone surface. ...
State: PA Length: 0 miles Surface:
The Allegheny National Forest is accepting public comments on a trail project which will develop a 10 mile section of trail to the west of Mile 6 and the the Allegheny Reservoir. The project follows the same rail corridor which is being developed ...
A Feasibility Study to find out what is involved to create a trail on the 69.9 mile corridor of the former Knox & Kane Railroad is currently underway in the four county region.
State: PA Length: 6 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Located in beautiful Sinnemahoning State Park in Pennsylvania, the Lowlands Trail uses the former corridor of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. The trail and park are now part of the tour development area known as PA Wilds. The Lowlands Trail ...
State: PA Length: 23.3 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Marienville Bike Trail is part of a system of roads and trails in the Allegheny National Forest. The trails are open to mountain bikes, trail bikes, and ATVs and are rated as difficult because of the rocky, and sometimes steep, terrain. ...
State: PA Length: 1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Marilla Bridges Trail provides a 1-mile loop around Marilla Reservoir in Bradford, not far from the Pennsylvania/New York border. The fine-crushed limestone trail offers a scenic trek through the pine forest surrounding the lake, where you ...
State: PA Length: 9.3 miles Surface: Dirt
The North Link Trail is a 9 mile section of rail-trail which is just one part of an 85-mile loop that winds through the forested hills and valleys of this state forest. Known as the Susquehannock Trail System, it was created by joining together ...
State: NY Length: 12.1 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Grass
Make way for diversity on the Pat McGee Trail. This 12.1-mile path boasts a diverse array of plant and animal life, with more than 150 species of bird. A variety of users, including snowmobilers and equestrians, can be seen. The trail even crosses ...
State: PA Length: 13 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone
The Redbank Trail is one of Pennsylvania's newest rail-trails. It is currently only partially open with thirteen discontinuous miles of graded and rolled surface between the Alcola Cemetery in Fairmount City, Redbank Township east to Baxter ...
State: PA Length: 30 miles Surface: Dirt
Located in scenic Potter and Clinton Counties, the Susquehannock Hiking Trail is an 85-mile amalgamation of old Civilian Conservation Corps fire trails, logging roads and railroad grades through the Susquehannock State Forest. Isolated and pristine, ...
State: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Asphalt
Located along the banks of Conewango Creek, the open 3-mile segment of this proposed 11-mile trail follows an old New York Central branch north from the city of Warren. Designed to serve primarily as a safe, off-road route for cyclists and commuters, ...
State: PA Length: 18.9 miles Surface:
The West Creek Rail Trail Association is working on developing a trail on the abandoned rail corridor between St. Mary's and Emporium, Pa. To date, no surface devlopment has been completed.