1000 Great Rail-Trails, 2nd: A Comprehensive Directory [Paperback]

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2001 | Series: Rails-to-Trails Series

1000 Great Rail-Trails: A Comprehensive Directory is a complete listing of every rail-trail available for public use in the United States and is the official directory of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Whether you walk, use a wheelchair, bike, skate, ride horses, or cross-country ski, you'll find rail-trails right for you in this book.

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From the Back Cover

Where ribbons of steel once crisscrossed the nation, now there are ribbons of green. Since 1986, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has helped convert thousands of miles of unused railroad beds to multi-use activity trails for everyone to enjoy. Today rail-trails are found in every state and cover more than 15,000 miles nationwide. 1000 Great Rail-Trails: A Comprehensive Directory is a complete listing of every rail-trail available for public use in the United States. These flat or gentle-grade trails are the perfect place to walk, jog, bicycle, in-line skate, horseback ride -- even cross-country ski -- and offer you a year-round opportunity to get outside for exercise and recreation. Numerous access points along the length of each rail-trail allow you to take advantage of as much or as little of the trail as you want. Each complete rail-trail listing includes: trail length and endpoints; type of surface - whether paved, dirt, or gravel; types of activities allowed; and wheelchair accessibility. (5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 328 pages, maps, icons)

About the Author

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is the nation's largest trail-building organization. The ultimate goal of RTC is to help build a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors. RTC is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has chapters nationwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 2nd edition (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762709286
• ISBN-13: 978-0762709281
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,425,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very informative..., June 10, 2002

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This review is from: 1000 Great Rail-Trails, 2nd: A Comprehensive Directory (Paperback)

This publication is not much better than a phone book. It basicly states that such-and-such a trail exists, and gives some contact information. No mention of access points or parking - it even does not tell you where exactly the trailheads are... In the age of internet, I would consider such a book nearly useless.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An adequate resource guide to USA's Rail-Trails, July 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: 1000 Great Rail-Trails, 2nd: A Comprehensive Directory (Paperback)

"1000 Great Rail-Trails" lists USA's rails-to-trails conversions throughout all 50 states and Washington, DC. About 2/3rds of the rail-trails have a smooth surface (asphalt or smooth gravel) acceptable to mosts trail users like bicycles, mountain bicycles, walkers, roller bladers and wheelchair users. The other 1/3rd tend to have a rougher gravel and/or ballast surface and could be difficlut to many trail users. The book is well organized with the listing of each trail featuring the name, length, surface, general location, address and/or phone number for each trail. Further information for detailed trail resources lacks.

3 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Book, May 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 1000 GREAT RAIL-TRAILS (Paperback)

It is a book really worth reading again and again.