Featured Trails

Subcategories • Featured NRTs



posted Mar 26, 2018

Froland National Recreation Trail, Froland Waterfowl Production Area, Minnesota

Froland Waterfowl Production Area Interpretive Trail winds around several wetlands through scenic restored prairie and oak savanna in west-central Minnesota. An accessible trail leads to an observation platform overlooking a large wetland.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Paint Creek Trail, Oakland County, Michigan

A popular community trail through natural areas in southeast Michigan. Designated as a National Recreation Trail in 2006.


posted Mar 26, 2018

North Central State Trail, Gaylord to Mackinaw City, Michigan

The 62-mile rail trail in the northern Lower Peninsula is managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It is open to bicycling, walking, and horseback riding, as well as snowmobiles in the winter months.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Housatonic River Walk, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

River Walk was created by community volunteers, and maintained to allow public access to the Housatonic River and to reclaim its banks for the benefit of wildlife and people.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Cross Island National Recreation Trail, Maryland

The trail links communities and scenic natural areas on Maryland's Eastern Shore.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Wolf River Greenway Trail, Memphis, Tennessee

The Wolf River Greenway Trail is a 1.67 mile long paved, shaded trail that parallels the Wolf River. It provides pedestrians and bikers with views of the river and several ponds, wildlife habitat, and lush timberlands.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Timber Point Trail, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Maine

The trail is located on the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and is a scenic 1.4-mile loop located in Biddeford Pool that takes visitors through forests and meadows to the Atlantic Ocean.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Pioneer Nature Trail, Kansas

The US Army Corps of Engineers manages this hiking trail in the Flint Hills of Kansas at at Council Grove Lake.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Gary L. Haller National Recreation Trail, Kansas

Johnson County, Kansas, manages the 17.5-mile trail which begins in Olathe and continues north through Lenexa and Shawnee. The scenic, multi-use route was one of the first major trail facilities completed in the Kansas City metropolitan area.


posted Mar 26, 2018

Summerset National Recreation Trail, Iowa

A 12-mile rail trail through rolling hills, river bottom wetlands, and remnant prairies of central Iowa.