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National Recreation Trails
2010 Photo Contest

Hosted by AmericanTrails.org

GALLERY 7 - NRT Photo Contest entries

American Trails presents the annual contest for photographs of designated National Recreation Trails across America. In celebration of these great trails we are presenting awards in several categories to highlight the diversity of NRTs, from backcountry trails to urban greenways. We thank the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Federal Highway Administration for their enthusiastic support.

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Kayak Pittsburgh rents sea kayaks near downtown Pittsburgh on the north shore of the Allegheny River; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Three Rivers Water Trail, Pittsburgh, PA; here the prelaunch briefing is just over and launching is starting; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

The Allegheny River carries traffic of many kinds. Here speedboats and sea kayaks share the water trail; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

On the Three Rivers Water Trail, Pittsburgh PA; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Three Rivers Water Trail launch ramp on the south shore of the Monongahela River is directly across the river from downtown Pittsburgh; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Launching from the Southside ramp under the Birmingham Bridge on the Three Rivers Water Trail, Pittsburgh PA; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Three Rivers Water Trail on the Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, PA is the location of the Head of the Ohio rowing regatta.; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Three Rivers Water Trail along Pittsburgh's rivers carry commercial as well as recreational traffic; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the north shore of the urban Monongahela River, Three Rivers Water Trail; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Two National Recreation Trails, the Three Rivers Heritage Trail and the Three Rivers Water Trail both run along the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. The rowing club sits on a back channel behind an island, which provides a sheltered launch site; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

"A long-standing tradition in Pittsburgh is the Icycle Bicycle ride on January 1; Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Pittsburgh, PA; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

The Icycle Bicycle ride meets at the downtown Pittsburgh train station and meanders around town, mostly on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Bridges over the Pittsburgh rivers must be high enough to allow commercial traffic to pass underneath. Bicycle facilities on these bridges often involve switchback ramps; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Switchback ramp on the connection between the North Shore and Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

The trail runs through Station Square (converted from the former P&LE RR station), where there is now a dancing fountain. This afternoon the sun was making rainbows in the fountain spray; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

The holiday shopping season starts with “light-up night,” a city-wide party that includes a bike ride to the fireworks. Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Pittsburgh, PA; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

The trail runs through Station Square where there the dancing fountain is lit up for the holiday season; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

The Westhall access for unpowered boats on the Ohio River is alongside the Chateau St. section of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Pittsburgh, PA; photo copyright © 2010 by Mary Shaw

Pine forest on the Cross Island Trail; photo from Queen Anne's County Parks and Recreation

Located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the Cross Island Trail spans Kent Island west and east from Terrapin Nature Park on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay; photo from Queen Anne's County Parks and Recreation

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