List of rail trails in the United States

Multi-State

• East Coast Greenway
• Great American Rail-Trail

  Alabama

• Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Trail
• Chief Ladiga Trail
• Hillsboro Trail
• Horse Creek Trail
• Marion Walking Trail
• Old Railroad Bed Trail
• Richard Martin Trail
• Robertsdale Trail
• Swayback Bridge Trail
• Vulcan Trail

  Alaska

• Chase Trail
• Iditarod National Historic Trail
• Tony Knowles Coastal Bicycle Trails

  Arizona

• Apache Railroad Trail
• Indian Springs Trail
• Iron King Trail
• Mohave and Milltown Railway Trails
• Peavine Trail
• Sonoita Creek Railroad Trail

  Arkansas

• Arkadelphia's Feaster Trail
• Big Spring Nature Trail
• Delta Heritage Trail
• Hazen Trail
• Hot Springs Creek Greenway
• Levee Walking Trail
• Little Rock's River Trail
• Marvell Bike Trail
• Old Railroad Trail
• Ouachita National Recreation Trail
• Ozark Highlands Trail

  California

• Bizz Johnson Trail in Lassen County, accessible from Susanville.
• Colton Ave. rail-trail, runs approximately 1.7 miles along Colton Ave. and Inland Center Drive in Colton and San Bernardino on former Pacific-Electric right-of-way
• Duarte Bike Trail, spans 1.6 miles from Buena Vista Street to Vineyard Avenue in Duarte, using a portion of Pacific Electric's former Glendora line
• El Dorado Trail
• Fairfield Linear Park
• Great Shasta Rail Trail
• Iron Horse Regional Trail
• Los Angeles Metro Expo Line
• Marina Green pedestrian/bicycle path, using the portion of the former San Francisco Belt Railroad west of Fort Mason
• Mount Lowe Railroad Trail
• Ohlone Greenway
• Orange Blossom Trail, runs approximately 1.3 miles on former Santa Fe "kite-shaped track" right-of-way in Redlands
• Pacific Electric Trail, spans 19.5 miles from Claremont to Rialto, using a portion of Pacific Electric's former San Bernardino line
• Richmond Greenway
• Santa Clara River Trail
• Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
• South San Francisco Centennial Way
• Three Creeks Trail
• Union Pacific Railroad right of way in Brea
• Ventura River Parkway Trail runs along the Ventura River - The northern portion is known as the Ojai Valley Trail.
• Walnut Trail

  Colorado

• Alpine Tunnel
• DRGW Aspen Branch
• Rock Island Trail
• Switzerland Trail
• Manitou Incline is the remains of a former 3 ft narrow gauge funicular railway with an average grade of 45% and as steep as 68% in places.

  Connecticut

• Airline State Park
• Farmington Canal Trail
• Hop River State Park Trail
• Larkin Bridle Path
• Meriden Linear Trail
• Moosup Valley State Park Trail
• Ridgefield Rail Trail
• Shepaug Greenway

  Delaware

• Junction and Breakwater Trail

  Florida

• Auburndale TECO Trail
• Boca Grande Bike Path, a trail in Boca Grande, Florida on Gasparilla Island
• Cady Way Trail
• Cape Haze Pioneer Trail
• Chain of Lakes Trail
• Cross Town Trail
• Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
• Fort Fraser Trail
• Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park
• General James A. Van Fleet State Trail
• Good Neighbor Trail
• Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail
• John Yarbrough Linear Park
• Lake Minneola Scenic Trail
• Legacy Trail
• Pinellas Trail
• Punta Gorda Linear Park
• Seminole-Wekiva Trail
• South Dade Rail Trail
• Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail State Park
• Upper Tampa Bay Trail
• West Orange Trail
• Withlacoochee State Trail

  Georgia

• Atlanta BeltLine
• Columbus Fall Line Trace
• Firefly Trail
• Silver Comet Trail

  Idaho

• Bill Chipman Palouse Trail
• Ed Corkill Trail
• Latah Trail
• Route of the Hiawatha mountain bike trail
• Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
• Weiser River Trail
• Wood River Trail

  Illinois

• Bloomingdale Trail, Wicker Park, Chicago
• Burnham Greenway, Chicago
• Constitution Trail, Bloomington-Normal
• Great Western Trail, Chicago area
• Illinois Prairie Path, Chicago and vicinity.
• Interurban Trail, Springfield to Chatham
• Jane Addams Trail, Freeport to the Wisconsin state line
• Kickapoo Rail Trail, Urbana to Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Danville
• Long Prairie Trail, Boone County
• Lost Bridge Trail, Springfield to Rochester
• Nickel Plate Trail, Pontoon Beach to Edwardsville
• Old Plank Road Trail, Joliet to Chicago Heights
• Pecatonica Prairie Path, Freeport to near Rockford
• Pennsy Greenway, Lansing
• Rock Island Trail State Park, Peoria to Toulon
• Sangamon Valley Trail, Springfield
• Schoolhouse Trail, Madison to Troy
• Stone Bridge Trail: Rockton to the Boone County line
• Tunnel Hill State Trail, Harrisburg to Karnak
• Wabash Trail, Springfield
• Watershed Trail, Roxana to Edwardsville

  Indiana

• B-Line Trail, Bloomington
• B&O Trail, Brownsburg to Indianapolis via Speedway
• Cardinal Greenway, Richmond to Marion via Muncie
• Coal Line Trail, South Bend
• Erie Lackawanna Trail, Hammond to Crown Point
• Indiana-Michigan River Valley Trail, Greater South Bend
• Monon Trail, Indianapolis and northern suburbs
• Nickel Plate Trail, Northern Indiana
• Oak Savannah Trail, Griffith to Hobart
• Panhandle Pathway, Cass and Pulaski Counties
• Pennsy Trail, Indianapolis to Greenfield via Cumberland
• Prairie Duneland Trail, Portage to Chesterton
• Pufferbelly Trail, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Elkhart and Lagrange Counties

  Iowa

• Cedar Valley Trail
• Chichaqua Valley Trail
• Great Western Trail
• Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
• Heritage Trail
• High Trestle Trail, formerly Ankeny to Woodward Trail
• Krushchev in Iowa Trail, formerly Corn Diplomacy Trail
• Raccoon River Valley Trail
• Summerset Trail
• Wabash Trace Nature Trail

  Kansas

• Blue River Rail Trail
• Flint Hills Nature Trail
• Haskell Rail Trail
• Landon Trail
• Prairie Spirit Trail State Park
• Välkommen Trail, entirely within the city limits of Lindsborg

  Kentucky

• Big Four Bridge
• Dawkins Line Rail Trail, from Hagerhill to Royalton; when phase two is completed, the trail will extend into Breathitt County
• Paducah and Louisville Rail Trail, connecting Greenville and Central City

  In planning/under construction

• C&O Rail Trail, from Lexington to Coalton
• K&I Bridge, would utilize the former and now abandoned automobile lanes

  Louisiana

• Tammany Trace, 31 mile trail on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain

  Maine

• Calais Waterfront Walkway
• Down East Sunrise Trail
• Eastern Promenade Trail
• Eastern Trail
• Kennebec River Rail Trail
• Mountain Division Trail
• Papermill Trail
• Passy Rail Trail

  Maryland

• Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland
• Baltimore & Annapolis Trail
• Bethesda Trolley Trail
• Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and Washington, DC
• Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail
• College Park Trolley Trail
• Cross Island Trail
• Easton Rails-to-Trails
• Great Allegheny Passage
• Indian Head Rail Trail
• Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway Trail
• Ma and Pa Trail
• Poplar Avenue Trail, Annapolis
• Savage Mill Trail
• Three Notch Trail
• Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail, formerly Northern Central Railroad Trail
• Trolley Line Number 9 Trail
• Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
• Wayne Gilchrest Trail
• Western Maryland Rail Trail

  Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

• Longleaf Trace, Hattiesburg to Prentiss
• Oxford Depot Trail and South Campus Rail Trail
• Tanglefoot Trail, Houston to New Albany

  Missouri

• Al Foster Trail in west St. Louis County
• Grant's Trail, near Grant's Farm
• Katy Trail, the longest rail trail in the United States
• MKT Trail, Columbia
• Rock Island Trail State Park
• Frisco Highline Trail

  Montana

• Centennial Trail
• Olympian Trail
• Route of the Hiawatha bike trail

  Nebraska

• Cowboy Trail
• Great Plains Trail Network

  Nevada

• Historic Railroad Hiking Trail

  New Hampshire

• Cheshire Rail Trail
• Common Pathway
• Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
• Cotton Valley Rail Trail
• Derry Rail Trail
• East Coast Greenway
• Farmington Recreational Rail Trail
• Goffstown Rail Trail
• Granite Town Rail Trail
• Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail
• Industrial Heritage Trail
• Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail
• Londonderry Rail Trail
• Nashua River Rail Trail
• New Boston Rail Trail
• Northern Rail Trail
• Piscataquog Trail
• Rockingham Recreational Trail
• South Manchester Rail Trail
• Sugar River Recreational Trail
• Windham Rail Trail
• WOW Trail

  New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

• Charlotte Rail Trail
• American Tobacco Trail
• Railroad Grade Road, a 10-mile paved former section of the VA Creeper Railroad from Todd to Fleetwood
• Thermal Belt Rail Trail
• Neuse River Trail

  In planning/under construction

• Ecusta Trail

  Ohio

• Bike & Hike Trail, Summit County
• Camp Chase Trail, Franklin and Madison Counties
• Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail, Cleveland
• Conotton Creek Trail, Harrison County
• Galena Brick Trail, Delaware County
• Genoa Township Trail, Delaware County
• Greenway Corridor / Maple Highlands Trail, Lake and Geauga Counties
• Heart of Ohio Trail, Knox County
• Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, Athens County
• Holmes County Trail, Holmes County
• Iron Horse Trail, Montgomery County
• Iron Horse Trail, Stark County
• Kokosing Gap Trail, Knox County
• Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail, Columbiana County
• Little Miami Bike Trail
• Marion Tallgrass Trail, Marion County
• Mohican Valley Trail, Knox County
• Moonville Rail-Trail, Vinton and Athens Counties
• Morgana Run Trail, Cleveland
• North Coast Inland Trail, Lorain County
• Ohio to Erie Trail, Cincinnati to Columbus to Cleveland
• Richland B & O Trail, Richland County
• Sippo Valley Trail, Wayne and Stark Counties
• University/Parks Trail, Lucas County
• Wabash Cannonball Trail, Williams County, Fulton County, Lucas County, and Henry County
• Western Reserve Greenway, Ashtabula County

  In planning/under construction

• B&O Trail, Athens County; ten miles of recently purchased former B&O railroad grade in the eastern county; a Washington County group is working on an extension into Washington County
• Owl Creek Trail, Knox County

  Oregon

• Banks–Vernonia State Trail
• Deschutes River Trail
• OC&E Woods Line State Trail
• Row River National Recreation Trail
• Springwater Corridor

  Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Blackstone Valley Rail
• East Bay Bike Path
• Narragansett Pier Railroad right of way
• * William C. O'Neill Bike Path
• Providence, Hartford and Fishkill railroad right of way
• * Trestle Trail, the unpaved section of the Coventry Greenway that extends to the Connecticut border
• * Washington Secondary Bike Path / Rail Trail, commonly referred to as Cranston Bike Path, Warwick Bike Path, West Warwick Bike Path and Coventry Greenway

  South Carolina

• Doodle Trail, Pickens County, connects the towns of Easley and Pickens; opened in 2015
• North Augusta Greeneway, North Augusta
• Swamp Rabbit Trail, Greenville County
• Triple C Rail Trail, a rail trail spanning Cherokee and York counties
• West Ashley Greenway, Charleston
• Peak to Prosperity Passage of the Palmetto Trail, Newberry County, South Carolina
• Wateree Passage of the Palmetto Trail, Sumter County, South Carolina

  In planning/under construction

• Spanish Moss Trail, northern Beaufort County; the initial three miles of trail have been completed, using previous Port Royal Railroad right-of-way, currently owned by BJWSA

  South Dakota

• George S. Mickelson Trail

  Tennessee

• Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, a trail that runs from downtown Nashville to Ashland City
• Railroad Grade Road, a five-mile long paved road/trail; a former section of the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina line west of Roan Mountain
• Shelby Farms Greenline, a 6.6 mile trail using the previous CSX rail right-of-way in Shelby County; an additional 7 miles are planned
• Vollintine and Evergreen, a 1.7 mile trail using the former L&N rail right of way in Memphis

  In planning/under construction

• Greater Memphis Greenline, a system of trails in the Memphis area
• The Tweetsie Trail, a ten-mile trail connecting Johnson City and Elizabethton over the route of the old ET&WNC line; the first 7.1-mile section opened in August 2014

  Texas

• Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, a 64.25 mile trail 100 miles southeast of Amarillo
• Denton Branch Rail Trail, 8 mile trail
• Harrisburg-Sunset Trail, 5 mile trail in Houston
• Katy Trail, a 3.5 mile recreational trail that runs along the abandoned right-of-way of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in Dallas
• Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway, a 20-mile trail 50 miles west of Fort Worth
• MKT Hike and Bike Trail, 6 miles, Houston Heights
• Northeast Texas Trail, 130 miles under construction with 70 non-continuous miles open, between Farmersville and New Boston

  In planning/under construction

• Columbia Tap, 4 miles, Houston

  Utah

• Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail Trail, 23.5 miles along the former D&RGW right of way in Davis County
• Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park, 28 miles along the Union Pacific Railway between Park City and Echo Reservoir
• Porter Rockwell Trail, 3.5 miles along the Union Pacific Railway, Draper & Sandy

  In planning/under construction

• Parley's Trail, 8 mile trail between Sugar House and the Jordan River, mostly along the D&RGW Sugar House Branch corridor

  Vermont

• Cross Vermont Trail
• Delaware & Hudson Rail-Trail
• Island Line Trail
• Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
• Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail

  Virginia

• Bluemont Junction Trail
• Virginia Capital Trail, 2 mile portion near downtown Richmond, of 52 miles total.
• Chessie Nature Trail
• Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
• High Bridge Trail State Park
• Huckleberry Trail
• Jackson River Scenic Trail
• New River Trail
• Virginia Creeper Trail
• Warrenton Branch Greenway
• Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail
• Wilderness Road State Park

  In planning/under construction

• Blue Ridge Railway Trail
• Blue Ridge Tunnel
• Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail

  Washington

Washington, D.C.

• Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and Washington, DC
• Metropolitan Branch Trail, Maryland and Washington, DC

  West Virginia

Wisconsin

• 400 Trail
• Ahnapee State Trail
• Badger State Trail
• Bearskin State Trail
• Capital City State Trail
• Chippewa River State Trail
• Devil's River State Trail
• Duck Creek Trail
• Eisenbahn State Trail
• Elroy-Sparta State Trail
• Friendship State Trail
• Gandy Dancer Trail
• Glacial Drumlin State Trail
• Great River State Trail
• La Crosse River Trail
• Lake Country Trail
• Military Ridge State Park Trail
• Mountain-Bay State Trail
• Newton Blackmour State Trail
• Old Abe State Trail
• Omaha Trail
• Osaugee Recreational Trail
• Ozaukee Interurban Trail
• Pine Line Trail
• Red Cedar State Trail
• Saunders State Trail
• Sugar River State Trail
• Tri-County Recreational Corridor
• Tuscobia State Trail
• White River State Trail
• Wild Goose State Trail

  Wyoming

• City of Casper Trail System, includes several miles of former Union Pacific rail line converted to concrete and gravel paths stretching from the downtown area, east into Evansville