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Designations for National Recreation Trail status in 2004

Secretary of Interior announces designation of 27 National Recreation Trails.

The nomination process follows an annual timetable which results in official designation by the Secretary of the Interior each June. All trails designated as National Recreation Trails become part of the Online NRT Registry. The following trails and greenways were designated this year as National Recreation Trails:

• Arizona - Aspen Spring Trail (backcountry trail)
• Arkansas - Tunstall Riverwalk (State Park walking trail in conservation area)
• Florida - Clearwater East-West Trail (greenway; urban trail/bikeway)
• Florida - Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (greenway; rail-trail; urban trail/bikeway; water trail)
• Florida - Great Calusa Blueway (water trail)
• Florida - Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail (greenway; rail-trail)
• Illinois - Danada & Herrick Lake Regional Trail (urban trail/bikeway; suburban open space trail)
• Illinois - Hennepin Canal Parkway (greenway; backcountry; urban trail/bikeway; snow trail; water trail)
• Illinois - Springbrook Prairie Trail (urban trail/bikeway; suburban open space trail)
• Indiana - Beyer Farm Trail (greenway)
• Indiana - Delphi Historic Trails (greenway; rail-trail; backcountry; urban trail/bikeway; canal towpath)
• Indiana - Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage (greenway)
• Maryland - Annapolis Rock Hiker Campground and Trail (backcountry trail)
• Mississippi - Longleaf Trace Trail (rail-trail)
• North Carolina - American Tobacco Trail (greenway; rail-trail)
• Oregon - Lower Macleay Trail (urban trail/bikeway; ADA compliant section)
• Pennsylvania - Allegheny River Trail (greenway; rail-trail; backcountry; snow trail)
• Pennsylvania - Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail (rail-trail)
• Pennsylvania - Montour Trail (greenway; rail-trail; urban trail/bikeway; snow trail)
• Pennsylvania - Sandy Creek Trail (greenway; rail-trail; backcountry; snow trail)
• South Carolina - Kings Highway Community Park Trail (backcountry)
• South Dakota - George S. Mickelson Trail (rail-trail; urban trail/bikeway; snow trail)
• South Dakota - Spirit Mound Summit Trail (prairie trail)
• Texas - Angel of Goliad Trail (backcountry; urban trail/bikeway; historical link)
• Texas - Brushy Creek Regional Trail (urban trail/bikeway)
• Virginia - Algonkian Regional Park Sanctuary Trail (interpretive trail)
• West Virginia - Hatfield-McCoy Trails (backcountry)

See the 2003 U.S. Department of Agriculture NRT Designations page for additional trails on National Forests and Grasslands. Information about the National Recreation Trails Program is available on the American Trails website at www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails.

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