• NRT Home
• About NRT Program
• Featured NRTs
• What's Hot
• Calendar
• Training
• Resources
• Support Trails
• Symposium

"America's great trails!"

National Recreation Trails
2011 Photo Contest

Hosted by AmericanTrails.org

GALLERY 13 - 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.

NOTE: you may link to these pages and photos but unauthorized copying is forbidden: all rights reserved to the photographers who provided these photos.

Click on any photo to see it full size; look for the tool bar at the bottom of the photo when it pops up.

Riders on the Allegheny River National Recreation Trail near Franklin, PA; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Two long railroad tunnels provide highlights for the southern part of the Allegheny River Trail north of Emlenton, PA; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

The Allegheny River Trail runs south from Foxburg, crossing the Clarion River on this bridge; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Milkweed season on the Ghost Town Trail near Vintondale, PA; Eliza Furnace is in the background; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Steel Valley Trail bike route, part of the Great Allegheny Passage at The Waterfront shopping district in Munhall, PA; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

As the Great Allegheny Passage approaches Pittsburgh, an industrial site prevented an off-road routing for this stretch, and a bike lane separated by delineators and marked with stencils was installed on the road; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Early snow left the bridges crunchy for a late-fall trip on the Great Allegheny Passage along the Casselman River near Harnedsville, PA; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

After the railroad stopped running, the bridge was removed and replaced with fill. After many years the fill has finally been replaced with an underpass for the trail; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Enjoying the autumn colors on the Great Allegheny Passage between Frostburg, MD and Big Savage Tunnel; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Apollo, PA Notes: Roaring Run Trail is part of the Pittsburgh to Harrisburg Main Line Canal NRT. Running primarily along the Kiskiminetas River, the Roaring Run Trail includes a spur along Roaring Run; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Installing pavement markings for the innovative connector trail from the Montour Trail to the terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Volunteer places pavement markings for the Montour Airport Connector which opens in March 2012; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Volunteer Work Party marks the innovative Montour Airport Connector with thermoplastic bicycle pavement stencils; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

A volunteer work party installs signs for the bicycle connection from the Montour Trail to the terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Installing bike route direction signs and Montour Trail markers at the extended term parking lot, Pittsburgh International Airport, PA; photo by Mary Shaw, all rights reserved

Tannehill Tramway National Recreation Trail along Mud Creek, Tannehill Historic State Park, McCalla, AL; photo by Rob Grant, Alabama State Trails Coordinator

A section of the Foley Antique Rose National Recreation Trail, Foley, AL; photo by Rob Grant, Alabama State Trails Coordinator

Chief Ladiga National Recreation Trail, welcome sign, Piedmont, AL; photo by Rob Grant, Alabama State Trails Coordinator

Eubanks Welcome Center, along the Piedmont Section of the Chief Ladiga National Recreation Trail, Piedmont, AL; photo by Rob Grant, Alabama State Trails Coordinator

Looking to the northeast along the Chief Ladiga National Recreation Trail; Photo by Rob Grant, Alabama State Trails Coordinator

  Some of our documents are in PDF format and require free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.
  Download Acrobat Reader

American Trails, P.O. Box 491797, Redding, CA 96049-1797
(530) 547-2060 • Fax: (530) 547-2035 • trailhead@americantrails.org