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4⭐ Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/concord-lake-sunapee-rail-trail-nh.html
New updated article and downloadable map helping you explore all the segments of this glorious trail.

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewHampshire #Outdoors #NewEngland #Trail #Trails #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bikepacking

4⭐ Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/concord-lake-sunapee-rail-trail-nh.html
New updated article and downloadable map helping you explore all the segments of this glorious trail.

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewHampshire #Outdoors #NewEngland #Trail #Trails #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bikepacking

4⭐ Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/concord-lake-sunapee-rail-trail-nh.html
New updated article and downloadable map helping you explore all the segments of this glorious trail.

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewHampshire #Outdoors #NewEngland #Trail #Trails #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bikepacking

4⭐ Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/concord-lake-sunapee-rail-trail-nh.html
New updated article and downloadable map helping you explore all the segments of this glorious trail.

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewHampshire #Outdoors #NewEngland #Trail #Trails #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bikepacking

4⭐ Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/concord-lake-sunapee-rail-trail-nh.html
New updated article and downloadable map helping you explore all the segments of this glorious trail.

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewHampshire #Outdoors #NewEngland #Trail #Trails #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bikepacking

4⭐ Warren Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html
Just found this overlooked 2023 image on a SD card I was about to reformat. An actual trailside Redstone rocket.

#NASA #Rockets #Trail #Outdoors #NewEngland #NewHampshire #Cycling #RailsToTrails #RailTrails

4⭐ Warren Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html
Just found this overlooked 2023 image on a SD card I was about to reformat. An actual trailside Redstone rocket.

#NASA #Rockets #Trail #Outdoors #NewEngland #NewHampshire #Cycling #RailsToTrails #RailTrails

4⭐ Warren Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html
Just found this overlooked 2023 image on a SD card I was about to reformat. An actual trailside Redstone rocket.

#NASA #Rockets #Trail #Outdoors #NewEngland #NewHampshire #Cycling #RailsToTrails #RailTrails

4⭐ Warren Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html
Just found this overlooked 2023 image on a SD card I was about to reformat. An actual trailside Redstone rocket.

#NASA #Rockets #Trail #Outdoors #NewEngland #NewHampshire #Cycling #RailsToTrails #RailTrails

4⭐ Warren Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html
Just found this overlooked 2023 image on a SD card I was about to reformat. An actual trailside Redstone rocket.

#NASA #Rockets #Trail #Outdoors #NewEngland #NewHampshire #Cycling #RailsToTrails #RailTrails

"Narrated by Edward Norton and featuring interviews with Howard Dean, Pete Buttigieg, Tommy Thompson, and Rails to Trails Conservancy co-founder Peter Harnik From Rails to Trails is a new documentary that shares the story of the multi-decade effort to transform abandoned railroads into public trails for cyclists and pedestrians to enjoy."

BIKEPACKING.com: From Rails to Trails (Full Documentary)
https://bikepacking.com/news/from-rails-to-trails-documentary/

#BikeTooter #RailsToTrails

4⭐ Canalside Rail Trail, Turners Falls MA
https://www.trailspotting.com/2025/10/canalside-rail-trail-turners-falls-ma.html
Follow 200 years of industrial heritage, along this picturesque rail trail route.

#Massachusetts #RailTrail #RailsToTrails #Outdoors #Abandoned #Rust #Canal #Cycling #Bicycle #Trail #Trails #History

6/8
After the Salt Marsh Trail we arrived at a beautiful, quite windy Lawrencetown Beach. There weren't too many people on the beach and none swimming, though there were quite a few surf boards and surfers further up the beach.
We carried on a little up the Atlantic View trail, but decided that the stretch we had been through was more interesting, so we turned around to start the return trip.
To see the map of where we rode our bikes and previous photos and videos, go to the top of the thread.

#SilentSunday #beach #NovaScotia #EllieKPosts #LawrencetownBeach #RailsToTrails #cycle

5/8
A peaceful video of the Salt Marsh section of the trail. No drama (there's quite enough of that if you're looking), just calm nature by the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.
Enjoy.
You can see the map of the trail we rode our bikes on by going to the first post in this thread.

#EllieKPosts #SaltMarshTrail #RailsToTrails

1/8
On Tuesday we rode these trails (Shearwater trail, Salt Marsh trail, part of the Atlantic View trail) again. It was a glorious 35km ride! The leaves in the woods section are perfectly beautiful.
I'll post more pictures and videos over the next little while so I don't flood your feeds!
It's almost 1.5 hour's drive to get there (and home afterwards), so would be better not done as a day trip. We were so glad to get away from the smoke and ash, but were straight into the dust! We still need rain so badly. So much dust on the bikes and us. (Actually you could tell, as it was affecting our lungs and tiring us out.)

We saw so many lovely birds. There were, among the usual seabirds a black bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, white throated sparrow and we heard the sweet notes of the song sparrow.
Temperature hovered around 19º.C and it was very windy.
#EllieKPosts #NovaScotia #bikeTrails #RailsToTrails #bike #SaltMarsh #Shearwater #EasternPassage #birds

1/8
On Tuesday we rode these trails (Shearwater trail, Salt Marsh trail, part of the Atlantic View trail) again. It was a glorious 35km ride! The leaves in the woods section are perfectly beautiful.
I'll post more pictures and videos over the next little while so I don't flood your feeds!
It's almost 1.5 hour's drive to get there (and home afterwards), so would be better not done as a day trip. We were so glad to get away from the smoke and ash, but were straight into the dust! We still need rain so badly. So much dust on the bikes and us. (Actually you could tell, as it was affecting our lungs and tiring us out.)

We saw so many lovely birds. There were, among the usual seabirds a black bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, white throated sparrow and we heard the sweet notes of the song sparrow.
Temperature hovered around 19º.C and it was very windy.
#EllieKPosts #NovaScotia #bikeTrails #RailsToTrails #bike #SaltMarsh #Shearwater #EasternPassage #birds

1/8
On Tuesday we rode these trails (Shearwater trail, Salt Marsh trail, part of the Atlantic View trail) again. It was a glorious 35km ride! The leaves in the woods section are perfectly beautiful.
I'll post more pictures and videos over the next little while so I don't flood your feeds!
It's almost 1.5 hour's drive to get there (and home afterwards), so would be better not done as a day trip. We were so glad to get away from the smoke and ash, but were straight into the dust! We still need rain so badly. So much dust on the bikes and us. (Actually you could tell, as it was affecting our lungs and tiring us out.)

We saw so many lovely birds. There were, among the usual seabirds a black bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, white throated sparrow and we heard the sweet notes of the song sparrow.
Temperature hovered around 19º.C and it was very windy.
#EllieKPosts #NovaScotia #bikeTrails #RailsToTrails #bike #SaltMarsh #Shearwater #EasternPassage #birds

1/8
On Tuesday we rode these trails (Shearwater trail, Salt Marsh trail, part of the Atlantic View trail) again. It was a glorious 35km ride! The leaves in the woods section are perfectly beautiful.
I'll post more pictures and videos over the next little while so I don't flood your feeds!
It's almost 1.5 hour's drive to get there (and home afterwards), so would be better not done as a day trip. We were so glad to get away from the smoke and ash, but were straight into the dust! We still need rain so badly. So much dust on the bikes and us. (Actually you could tell, as it was affecting our lungs and tiring us out.)

We saw so many lovely birds. There were, among the usual seabirds a black bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, white throated sparrow and we heard the sweet notes of the song sparrow.
Temperature hovered around 19º.C and it was very windy.
#EllieKPosts #NovaScotia #bikeTrails #RailsToTrails #bike #SaltMarsh #Shearwater #EasternPassage #birds

1/8
On Tuesday we rode these trails (Shearwater trail, Salt Marsh trail, part of the Atlantic View trail) again. It was a glorious 35km ride! The leaves in the woods section are perfectly beautiful.
I'll post more pictures and videos over the next little while so I don't flood your feeds!
It's almost 1.5 hour's drive to get there (and home afterwards), so would be better not done as a day trip. We were so glad to get away from the smoke and ash, but were straight into the dust! We still need rain so badly. So much dust on the bikes and us. (Actually you could tell, as it was affecting our lungs and tiring us out.)

We saw so many lovely birds. There were, among the usual seabirds a black bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, white throated sparrow and we heard the sweet notes of the song sparrow.
Temperature hovered around 19º.C and it was very windy.
#EllieKPosts #NovaScotia #bikeTrails #RailsToTrails #bike #SaltMarsh #Shearwater #EasternPassage #birds

A new bike path is coming together in Crown Point. If I wanted, I can follow this and end up at the border monument at the state line plaza and continue onward to the Chicago Lakefront.

#biketooter #indiana #HoosierMast #trails #nwindiana #railstotrails

Something I often think about when I visit the #NewRiverValley is the disused railroad bridge across the New River between Radford University and the Virginia Tech golf course. I recognize that they are separate and competing athletics organizations and it is always hard to collaborate across organizational structures, but I can imagine some pretty big benefits to recreation and student athletics in connecting the two #virginia #RailsToTrails #RadfordVA #VATech #RadfordRiverwayTrail #BikeTooter

Something I often think about when I visit the #NewRiverValley is the disused railroad bridge across the New River between Radford University and the Virginia Tech golf course. I recognize that they are separate and competing athletics organizations and it is always hard to collaborate across organizational structures, but I can imagine some pretty big benefits to recreation and student athletics in connecting the two #virginia #RailsToTrails #RadfordVA #VATech #RadfordRiverwayTrail #BikeTooter

Something I often think about when I visit the #NewRiverValley is the disused railroad bridge across the New River between Radford University and the Virginia Tech golf course. I recognize that they are separate and competing athletics organizations and it is always hard to collaborate across organizational structures, but I can imagine some pretty big benefits to recreation and student athletics in connecting the two #virginia #RailsToTrails #RadfordVA #VATech #RadfordRiverwayTrail #BikeTooter

Something I often think about when I visit the #NewRiverValley is the disused railroad bridge across the New River between Radford University and the Virginia Tech golf course. I recognize that they are separate and competing athletics organizations and it is always hard to collaborate across organizational structures, but I can imagine some pretty big benefits to recreation and student athletics in connecting the two #virginia #RailsToTrails #RadfordVA #VATech #RadfordRiverwayTrail #BikeTooter

Something I often think about when I visit the #NewRiverValley is the disused railroad bridge across the New River between Radford University and the Virginia Tech golf course. I recognize that they are separate and competing athletics organizations and it is always hard to collaborate across organizational structures, but I can imagine some pretty big benefits to recreation and student athletics in connecting the two #virginia #RailsToTrails #RadfordVA #VATech #RadfordRiverwayTrail #BikeTooter

4⭐ Newburyport Rail Trails, MA
3 miles · Easy · NE Mass
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

#Massachusetts #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewEngland #Cycling #Bicycling #Walking #Waterfront #PublicArt #PublicSpace

4⭐ Newburyport Rail Trails, MA
3 miles · Easy · NE Mass
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

#Massachusetts #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewEngland #Cycling #Bicycling #Walking #Waterfront #PublicArt #PublicSpace

4⭐ Newburyport Rail Trails, MA
3 miles · Easy · NE Mass
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

#Massachusetts #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewEngland #Cycling #Bicycling #Walking #Waterfront #PublicArt #PublicSpace

4⭐ Newburyport Rail Trails, MA
3 miles · Easy · NE Mass
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

#Massachusetts #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewEngland #Cycling #Bicycling #Walking #Waterfront #PublicArt #PublicSpace

4⭐ Newburyport Rail Trails, MA
3 miles · Easy · NE Mass
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

#Massachusetts #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewEngland #Cycling #Bicycling #Walking #Waterfront #PublicArt #PublicSpace

https://www.travelandleisure.com/great-american-rail-trail-usa-open-to-travelers-11774361 #RailsToTrails #Seattle #DMV #travel #BikeTooter

#NatureSocietySingapore #Rewilding Project

"Would you like to do your part in making #Singapore a greener space and spend some time to soak in the benefits of #MotherNature?

"Our Rewilding Project is one of Nature Society Singapore’s (NSS) signature programmes. This project is in collaboration with NParks’ #OneMillionTrees Movement along the #RailCorridor (North).

"Our main aim is to fulfill the goal of having the Rail Corridor as a conduit for plants and wildlife and also to provide a continuous canopy cover.

"This increases the opportunities to bring back rare species and contributes to carbon sequestration and storage along this stretch of potential green space.

"We are encouraging our NSS members and members of the public to be involved in the whole process of tree planting. These processes involve grass & weed clearance, site maintenance and of course, tree planting."

FMI:
https://www.nss.org.sg/nss-rewilding/

#SolarPunkSunday #Greenspace #GreenCities #NatureCorridor #RailsToTrails #Volunteering

#Maine - #EasternTrail

"The Eastern Trail is a 62 mile multi-use, non-motorized greenway, that connects Bug Light in Casco Bay, South Portland to Kittery, Maine. Approximately thirty percent of the trail is off-road, and the trail is a part of the #EastCoastGreenway which will eventually connect #CalaisMaine to #KeyWestFlorida, approximately 3000 miles. The Eastern Trail is currently composed of 21 miles of off-road trails on the former Eastern Railroad bed with the remainder 41 miles on public roads.

"The entirety of the Eastern Trail is built to ADA standards. The trail surface varies between pavement and stone dust/gravel. Most of the trail is 10-12 feet wide, with some sections with an 8-foot width. There is a 30-inch opening between the bollards at entrances to keep out motorized vehicles, but wide enough to allow access for wheelchairs.

"The off-road section connecting Scarbrough to Saco privdes access to the 2200-acre Scarborough Marsh, which is Maine's largest salt marsh. Heading north on the trail from Pine Point (ME-9) or south from Eastern Road in Scarborough provides access to this 2.5 mile stretch of trail.

"Heading south from Pine Point Road, the trail crosses the York County and Cumberland County boundaries and users can walk/bike from Scarborough, through Old Orchard Beach to Saco, where the current-off-road trail ends at Thornton Academy in Saco, approximately 6 miles from the Pine Point kiosk.

"There are kiosks at 3 parking areas, that give some history and points of interest along the trail. For example, the Eastern Trail is built on the old Eastern #Railroad line that was built in 1840 and abandoned in 1945. Also, Charles Lindberg flew into the now abandoned Scarborough airport several times. And, a trestle once carried open air trolleys from the rail line to Old Orchard Beach for summer tourists."

Source and FMI:
https://www.mainetrailfinder.com/trails/trail/eastern-trail-saco-to-scarborough

Eastern Trail Guide (downloadable PDF and booklets): https://www.easterntrail.org/eastern-trail-maps/

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineTrails #MaineByFoot #MaineByBicycle #Nature #SouthernMaine #AccessibleTrails #BikePaths #EasternTrail #AbandonedRailroads #RailsToTrails

5⭐ The High Line, New York City
https://www.trailspotting.com/2025/05/the-high-line-new-york-city-ny.html

#Trails #RailTrail #RailsToTrails #NYC #Walking #CityWalking #Cityscape #Photography #NewYork #HighLine #Industrial #Park #City

As a sort of tribute to my late Grandfather I've been ripping his CDs. I found a three disc set of The Essential Johnny Cash ('55-'83) and have been slowly listening to it.

I haven't yet come upon the few Cash songs I know. But I did discover Rock Island Line which is entertaining. We have a former Rock Island line running through our 'burb as a rails-to-trails conversion. Rock Island it's the road to ride.

#RockIslandLine #RailsToTrails #JohnnyCash

https://virginiamercury.com/2025/04/21/virginia-transportation-department-publishes-shenandoah-valley-railroad-corridor-use-assessment/ “the sooner we can get started with this wonderful project, the sooner it will start bringing benefits to quality of life, local economic development, tourism” #ShenandoahValley #RailsToTrails #BikeTooter #Virginia

Newburyport's Clipper City Rail Trail is now a complete circuit for the first time, thanks to the town, and a new bike path along Parker Road! https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

We've updated our map and article, and hope to check out the improvements for ourselves very soon.

#Massachusetts #Newburyport #MA #RailTrail #RailsToTrails #Bicycling #Cycling #Trails #Outdoors

Inspirational image for the rails-to-trails folks 🙂

#railTrails #railsToTrails https://mastodon.social/@nancycomics/113848837628033630

Has anyone ever done any cycling around Rivière du Loup?

Our planned trip to Ontario will probably involve a stop there. If there's a good day cycle in that area we might stay an extra night.

And any suggestions for bike friendly hotels there would also be welcome. Or #airbnb ?

@harold

#québec #veloQuébec #RivièreDuLoup #cycle
#elliekposts #bikenitepq #cyclingQuebec #RailsToTrails #TransCanadaTrail #bikenite #bikeTooter

Ontario Bike Trail info please

We are planning a trip to Ontario (Uxbridge) next year to visit with a friend who lives there. We are planning on several biking days while we are there. The Rails to Trails is right there, but we don't know anything about it.

Does anyone know if there would be places to stay with safe overnight bike storage along the Uxbridge Kawartha trail? With outdoor eating facilities along the way?

Or is there a better route within reasonable driving distance?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

#OntarioBikeTrails #OTB #cycling #OntarioTrails #RailsToTrails #Ontario #Uxbridge #EllieKPosts

3⭐ Hooksett & Allentown Rail Trails, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/12/hooksett-rail-trails-nh.html
4 miles each way • Easy

We just revised our maps and article after checking out the new Allentown Rail Trail that extends the north end of the Hooksett River Walk for an additional mile. Another piece of the Granite State Rail Trail complete!

#NewHampshire #RailsToTrails #NewEngland #Bicycling #Cycling #Trail #RailTrails

End of the Road!

Edit for clarification.
Today's cycle ride was cut shorter than we had planned when we found the track blocked. I guess it's being worked on. So we had lunch and turned back. Total 28k

The funniest part of the ride was when we each got our cameras out at a pretty spot and I couldn't work out why my camera wasn't working as expected. I couldn't focus it, the settings had all changed... And then @StevenKennard said he was having trouble with his... And we don't even have the same model! All sorted (we had picked up each other's cameras... duh) photos to come, (maybe).

This is 14km of the St. Margaret's Bay Trail from Bike to Bean heading away from Halifax. A nice ride otherwise, a well maintained Rails to Trails surface. Apparently it's also being worked in in the opposite direction.
#NovaScotia #RailsToTrails #EllieKPosts #cycle #cycling #bikeTrail #Halifax

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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, MA
4⭐ 15 miles each way • Easy difficulty
https://www.trailspotting.com/2024/05/bruce-freeman-rail-trail-ma.html

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #NewEngland #Massachusetts #ChelmsfordMA #ActonMA #ConcordMA #SudburyMA #Trail #Trails #Railroad #Outdoors #Cycling #bicycling

Out on the Humboldt Bay Trail, which goes a little further now, where the Elk River, the largest tributary to Humboldt Bay, reaches that bay.

New blog post and sooo many more pictures: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/03/hikshari-trail-extension-and-eureka.html

#USA #California #HumboldtCounty #hiking #landscape #nature #travel #dayhike #hike #outside #ocean #HumboldtBayTrail #EurekaWaterfrontTrail #HikshariTrail #CaliforniaCoastalTrail #GreatRedwoodTrail #railsToTrails #coastaltrail #HumboldtBay #ElkRiver

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Brown's Way Rail Trail, Hillsboro NH
3⭐ 3.7 miles ea way • Easy difficulty
https://www.trailspotting.com/2024/01/browns-way-rail-trail-hillsboro-nh.html

#NewHampshire #RailTrail #RailTrails #RailsToTrails #Contoocook #River #HillsboroNH

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Nashua Heritage Rail Trail, NH
3⭐ 1.3 miles each way • Easy difficulty
https://www.trailspotting.com/2024/01/nashua-heritage-rail-trail-nh.html

#RailTrail #NewHampshire #NewEngland #RailsToTrails #NashuaNH #RailTrails

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South Manchester Rail Trail, NH
4⭐ 1.9 miles each way • Easy difficulty
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/south-manchester-rail-trail-nh.html

Previously hidden on an old disused railroad, the restored Cohas Brook Trestle Bridge and trail extension is a new jewel in Manchester's crown.

#RailTrails #RailsToTrails #NewHampshire #ManchesterNH #NewEngland #Railroad #Trail #Trails #Outdoors #Travel #Cycling

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Rockingham Portsmouth Branch Rail Trail, NH
4⭐ 28 miles • Easy difficulty
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/12/rockingham-rail-trail-portsmouth-branch.html

#RailTrails #RailsToTrails #NewHampshire #NewEngland #Railroad #Trail #Trails #Outdoors #Beautiful #Nature #Travel #ManchesterNH #Cycling

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Harrisville & Hancock Rail Trails, NH
3-4⭐ 0.5-2.8 miles • Medium difficulty
https://www.trailspotting.com/2021/10/harrisville-rail-trail.html

We just published a guide to ALL the navigable rail trails on the Manchester and Keen Railroad between Keene and Hancock, including trails in Marlborough, Dublin, Chesham and Harrisville.

#NewHampshire #NewEngland #RailTrail #RailTrails #RailsToTrails #Gravel #GravelBike #GravelNH #Nature #Travel #Outdoors #KeeneNH #Cycling

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Warren Recreational Rail Trail, NH
4⭐ 4-15 miles • Medium
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html

#Railtrail #Railtrails #RailsToTrails #NewHampshire #NewEngland #Outdoors #WarnerNH #Rocketry #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bicycling