Allegheny Trail Alliance Related Web Sites

Other Nearby Trails

At Cumberland, the Allegheny Trail Alliance system connects with the C&O Canal Towpath. The official web site for the towpath is at the National Park Service. Four good complementary sites are the Potomac Conservancy, the C&O Canal Association, Kathy Bilton's Canal pages, and a biking guide at Urban ATB. The paved Western Maryland Rail-Trail now parallels the towpath for 10 miles from Hancock to Big Pool Maryland. For more riding in the Washington DC area, check James Menzies' Urban ATB pages, especially the section on Washington and Baltimore rail-trails.

Spur trails are beginning to connect with the ATA system

North of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny Valley Land Trust is developing the 52-mile Armstrong Trail along the Allegheny River in Armstrong County. The Butler-Freeport Community Trail runs northwest from the Allegheny River at Freeport.

The Ghost Town Trail passes through several ghost towns in Cambria and Indiana Counties.

Trails Under Development

The Nine Mile Run project south of Frick park will include a trail.

Regional Biking Information

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources maintains comprehensive coverage of rail-trails in the state.

Cycling information for the Pittsburgh area, including routes, events, clubs, and bike shops

The West Virginia Rails-to-Trails Council provides updates on West Virginia trail activities. West Virginia Outside provides a wide range of outdoor information for West Virginia, including a cycling page and a bike calendar (mostly for racing).

The Ohio Rails to Trails field office has an online guide to Ohio trails. In addition, Cycling Ohio's Rail-Trails & Bikeways also lists trails and bikeways in the state.

The Tri-state Bike Trail B & B group offeres a free planning guide for trips along these trails, with emphasis on the B&Bs..

Local Area Information

On this site, we've tried to include information on amenities and services that are close to the trails -- close enough that people travelling through under their own power will find them useful. If you've driven to a trailhead, though, you'll be interested in attractions, businesses, and services farther from the trail. For information of this kind, we refer you to the visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and city guides for the regions. Here are some:

Periodical Publications

Treasures Along the Rail is an advertiser-supported magazine that emphasizes rail-trail development and use. Available free at businesses near the trail.

Pennsylvania Health and Fitness Magazine is an advertiser-supported monthly magazine that is distributed in metropolitan areas. It has good coverage of local recreational events.

Related Regional and National Organizations

The National Rails to Trails Conservancy supports conversion of railroad grades to trails nationwide. They have field offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

American Trails is a national, nonprofit organization working on behalf of ALL trail interests to create and protect America's network of interconnected trails.

Using waterfront esplanades, park paths, abandoned railroads, canal towpaths, and parkway corridors, the East Coast Greenway Alliance will form a continuous trail stretching from Maine to Florida.

The Allegheny Conservation Alliance protects and preserves the natural habitats of the Mid-Atlantic United States.

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