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The Great American Rail-Trail is a planned cross-country rail trail in the United States. The trail will run between Washington D.C. in the east and the state of Washington in the west. The planned trail is already more than 53% complete, with over 2,000 completed miles on the ground. The trail runs through 12 states and the District of Columbia,Map of the Great American Rail-Trail and will be within of 50 million Americans.The Great American Rail-Trail, Rails to Trails Conservancy The work is being facilitated by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The Great American Rail-Trail is composed of over 150 existing multi-use trails with about 90 gaps to be filled. The project was launched in May 2019.
Route The trail overlaps several long distance rail trails for part or all of their route. From west to east, they include: Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, Washington Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes, Idaho Olympian Trail, Montana Headwaters Trail System, Montana Casper Rail Trail, Wyoming Cowboy Trail, Nebraska Cedar Valley Trail, Iowa Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park, Illinois Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail, Illinois Nickel Plate Trail, Indiana Cardinal Greenway, Indiana Little Miami Scenic Trail, Ohio Ohio to Erie Trail, Ohio Panhandle Trail, West Virginia Great Allegheny Passage, Pennsylvania and Maryland C&O Towpath Trail, Maryland Capital Crescent Trail, Maryland and D.C.
See also
Rail trail Trail Long-distance trail EuroVelo List of long-distance trails Long-distance trails in the United States List of rail trails State wildlife trails (United States) List of longest cross-country trails East Coast Greenway Empire State Trail Katy Trail State Park
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External links Great American Rail-Trail, official site.