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This page provides a guide to abandoned railroad right-of-ways converted to rail-trails for hiking, cycling, horseback riding, and recreation in the Southeast
Allatoona Pass - 3.4-mile rail-trail follows the original railroad grade into Allatoona Pass and proceeds to a scenic stroll along Lake Allatoona in northwest Georgia
American Tobacco Trail - 22-mile rail-trail on the former Norfolk Southern grade in the Triangle Region of North Carolina
Atlanta BeltLine - Development of 22 miles of former railroad grades encircling Atlanta, Georgia, including recreation trails, parks, and transit
Blackwater Heritage State Trail - 7-mile trail between Milton, Florida and the Whiting Field Naval Air Station on the former Florida and Alabama Railroad grade
Blue Ridge Railroad Historical Trail - 7-mile rail-trail on an incomplete nineteenth-century railbed near Walhalla, South Carolina
Cadiz Railroad Trail - 1.5-mile asphalt trail on the former Cadiz Railroad grade in Cadiz, Kentucky
Cady Way Trail - 3.5-mile paved rail-trail on the former East Florida and Atlantic Railroad grade between Winter Park and Orlando, Florida
Chessie Nature Trail - 6-mile trail on a former C&O railroad grade between Buena Vista and Lexington, Virginia
Chief Ladiga Trail - 33-mile rail-trail through Piedmont, Jacksonville, Weaver, and Anniston, Alabama
Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail - 7 miles of converted railroad grade along the Cumberland River near Ashland City, Tennessee
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (FKOHT) - 106-mile trail between Key Largo and Key West, including 23 bridges of the Florida East Coast Railway
Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park - 16-mile rail-trail from Gainesville to Hawthorne, Florida, through the Paynes Prairie Preserve Park and the Lockloosa Wildlife Management Area
Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway - 2.6-mile paved rail-trail in Gainesville, Florida
Gen. James A. Van Fleet State Trail - 29-mile paved rail-trail near Lakeland, Florida
Greenbrier River Trail - 79-mile rail-trail on the former Greenbrier Division of the C&O Railway, traversing 35 bridges and 2 tunnels in eastern West Virginia
Huckleberry Trail - 6-mile trail on the former Virginia Anthracite & Coal Railroad grade between Blacksburg and Christiansburg, Virginia
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail - 14.5-mile paved trail on a former CSX railroad grade between Baldwin and Jacksonville, Florida
Kentucky Rails to Trails Council - News, photos, and information about rails-to-trails projects in Kentucky
Longleaf Trace Trail - 41-mile paved rail-trail between Prentiss and the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg
Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike & Hike Trail - 9-mile rail-trail at Mammoth Cave National Park in south central Kentucky
Marion County Trail (MCTrail) - 2.5-mile rail-trail alongside Pricketts Creek in Fairmont, West Virginia, including the 1200 foot long Meredith Tunnel
Muhlenberg County Rail-Trail - 6-mile paved rail-trail on the former Paducah & Louisville Railway grade between Central City and Powderly and Greenville, Kentucky
New River Trail - 57-mile rail-trail in southwestern Virginia with two tunnels and nearly 30 bridges
North Augusta Greeneway - 12-mile trail on a former Central of Georgia Railway grade in North Augusta, South Carolina
North Carolina Rail-Trails - News, maps, and information about rails-to-trails projects in North Carolina
Pinellas Trail - 34-mile corridor of abandoned CSX railroad right-of-way from Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg, Florida
Railroad Grade Road - 10-mile paved rail-trail between Fleetwood and Todd, North Carolina
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy - Preserves unused rail corridors in the US by transforming them into trails
Richard Martin Trail - 10-mile trail built on a former Seaboard Railroad grade in Athens, Alabama
Shelby Farms Greenline - 6.5-mile trail on a former CSX railroad grade in Memphis, Tennessee
Silver Comet Trail - 62-mile paved rail-trail on a former Seaboard Air Line grade from Smyrna, Georgia through Cobb, Paulding, and Polk counties to a connection with the Chief Ladiga Trail at the Alabama border
Suwannee River Greenway - 12-mile paved rail-trail between the Ichetucknee River and the Suwannee River at Branford, Florida
Swamp Fox National Recreation Trail - 42-mile rail-trail through the swampy wetlands and coastal pine forests of Francis Marion National Forest, Charleston County, South Carolina
Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail - 19-mile paved rail-trail between St. Marks and Tallahassee, Florida
Tallulah Falls Rail-Trail - 1.7-mile paved rail-trail in Tallulah Gorge State Park, Georgia
Thermal Belt Rail-Trail - 8-mile crushed gravel rail-trail between Spindale and Gilkey, North Carolina
Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy - Works with local and state government officials in North Carolina to preserve local abandoned railroad corridors for future transportation and other interim uses such as recreational trails
V&E Greenline - 1.7-mile rail-trail tours urban neighborhoods and gardens in Memphis, Tennessee
Virginia Creeper Trail - 34.5-mile rail-trail from Whitetop to Abingdon, Virginia
West Ashley Greenway - 10.5-mile rail-trail in Charleston, South Carolina
West Fork Trail - 27-mile trail follows the former Coal & Iron Railroad roadbed from the Shavers Fork River to Glady, West Virginia, including a 1000-foot tunnel at Glady
West Orange Trail - 19-mile paved rail-trail through Winter Garden and Apopka, Florida
West Virginia Rails-to-Trails Council - Collection of individuals, civic groups, and organizations joined together to promote the development of rail-trails
Withlacoochee Rails to Trails - 46-mile paved rail-trail between Dunnellon and Trilby, Florida
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