NEW National Recreation Trails Announced Ahead of National Trails Day

NRTJune, 2014 – On June 6, 2014, Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, designated 21 trails as National Recreational Trails (NRTs). These trails were designated as National Recreation Trails because they are exemplary trails of local and regional significance. Through designation, these trails are recognized as part of America’s national system of trails.

Benefits of NRT designation also includes access to technical assistance, access to funding opportunities, and inclusion in the online NRT database.

American Hiking Society congratulates all who had a hand in creating, maintaining, and promoting these newly designated NRTs.

The newly designated National Recreational Trails are:

Wild Burro Trail, Arizona

North Slope Trail, California

Ventura River Parkway Trail, California

Apalachicola River Blueway, Florida

Harbins Park Trail System, Georgia

Little Mulberry Park Trails, Georgia

McDaniel Farm Park Trail, Georgia

Settles Bridge Park Trail, Georgia

Dedham Loop Water Trail, Massachusetts

Mass Central Rail Trail (Northampton Section), Massachusetts

New Haven & Northampton Canal Rail Trail (Northampton Section), Massachusetts

Copper Harbor Trails, Michigan

Genesee Valley Greenway State Park, New York

Harlem Valley Rail Trail – Columbia County, New York

Harlem Valley Rail Trail – Dutchess County, New York

Hudson Valley Rail Trail, New York

Long Path through Mine Kill State Park, New York

Rocky Knob Park Trail System, North Carolina

Horse-Shoe Trail – Warwick to FCSP Section, Pennsylvania

SC Revolutionary Rivers, South Carolina

Urban Wilderness South Loop Trail, Tennessee