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This page provides a guide to abandoned railroad right-of-ways converted to rail-trails for hiking, cycling, horseback riding, snowmobiling, and recreation in Western USA and Canada.
American River Parkway Trail - 30-mile rail-trail from Old Sacramento to Folsom Dam, California
Ashland Trail - Rail-trail through creekside woods and natural areas in Ashland, Oregon
Banks-Vernonia State Trail - 21-mile rail-trail between Banks and Vernonia, Oregon
Bear Creek Greenway - 16-mile trail follows the Bear Creek streambed between Ashland and Railroad Park in Medford, Oregon
Bizz Johnson National Recreation Rail Trail - Historic Susanville Railroad Depot serves as the trailhead of the 26-mile rail-trail from Susanville, California
Fresno-Clovis Rail-Trail - 13-mile paved rail-trail between Clovis and Fresno, California
Galloping Goose Regional Trail - 55-km rail-trail on a former Northern Pacific Railway grade from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Iron Goat Trail - 6-mile trail over former Great Northern Railway right-of-way in the Stevens Pass area of the Washington Cascades
Iron Horse Regional Trail - 33-mile multi-use trail follows the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way established in 1891 and abandoned in 1977; San Francisco Bay Area, California
Iverson Railroad Grade - 3-mile gravel rail-trail in Tiger Mountain State Forest, Washington
Kettle Valley Railway, Cycling the - 600-km rail-trail from Midway to Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail - 7.75-mile linear park, parallel to St. Mary's Road through Lafayette and Moraga, California, over former Oakland-Antioch and Eastern Railroad right-of-way
Lake Mead Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail - Rail-trail on the former U.S. Government Construction Railroad for Hoover Dam in Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Nevada
Mount Tamalpais Old Railroad Grade - 6.6-mile rail-trail on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais above Mill Valley, California
Mt. Lowe Railway Loop - 11-mile trail along the ruins of the Mount Lowe Railway in Altadena, California
Newfoundland T'Railway - 547-mile trail under construction following the route of the former Canadian National Railway from Port aux Basques in the west to St. John's in the east; Newfoundland, Canada
North Idaho Centennial Trail - 24-mile rail-trail from Post Falls to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, joining the Spokane River Centennial Trail at the Washington state border
OC&E Woods Line State Trail - 105-mile rail-trail built on the old railbed of the Oregon, California, and Eastern Railroad between Klamath Falls, Bly, and Sycan Marsh, Oregon
Preston Railroad Grade - 11.6-mile dirt rail-trail in Tiger Mountain State Forest, Washington
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy - Preserves unused rail corridors in the US by transforming them into trails
Route of the Hiawatha Rail-Trail - 15-mile trail on the former Milwaukee Road grade between Taft and Pearson, Idaho features seven trestles and nine tunnels, including the 1.7 mile St. Paul Pass (Taft) Tunnel
Sacramento River Rail Trail - 5-mile crushed stone trail on the former Shasta Pacific Railroad grade between Shasta Dam and Redding, California
Sir Francis Drake Bikeway - 6-mile rail-trail between Lagunitas and Tocaloma in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Western Marin County, California
Slocan Valley Rail Trail - 50km rail trail on a former Canadian Pacific Railway grade that follows the Slocan River in West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada
Spokane Centennial Trail - Paved rail-trail along the Spokane River from the Idaho State line (joins the North Idaho Centennial Trail) to Nine Mile Falls, Washington
Springwater Corridor - 16.5-mile rail-trail on the former Portland Railway Light and Power Company right-of-way in Portland, Oregon
Spruce Railroad Trail - 4-mile rail-trail along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park near Port Angeles, Washington
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail - 11-mile rail-trail from downtown Anchorage to Kincaid Park along Cook Inlet; Alaska
Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes - 72-mile paved bike path in Idaho follows a former Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way from Mullan, a mountain mining town near the Montana border, to Plummer, a town on the prairie near the Washington border
Trans Canada Trail - Constructing an 18,000 kilometer trail across Canada
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