“I am looking forward to the day when I can ride from coast to coast on a SAFE bike trail!”
—Anamaria Spiteri, RTC Member
We mean it when we say that without supporters like you, none of our work is possible.
That’s why we have created this website to help you follow your impact with Rails to Trails Conservancy and learn more about how to partner with us to reimagine public spaces to create safe ways for everyone to walk, bike and be active outdoors.
How You Support Our Work
DC Great American Rail-Trail Route Reveal | Photo by Eric Kayne
Funding & Advocating for Active Transportation
RTC champions transformative policy changes, advocating for investments in the infrastructure communities need to safely walk and bike where they live.
Ohio's Erie Canal Towpath | Photo by Jason Cohn
Connecting the Nation's Trails
RTC's visionary TrailNation™ initiative is redefining what it means to build trail networks. Networks that serve as community gathering spaces and active-transportation routes connecting parks, neighborhoods, transit stops, schools and local businesses.
OH Lake Front Bikeway | Photo by Jason Cohn
Great American Rail-Trail
As the nation’s first cross-country, multi-use trail, The Great American Rail-Trail® will connect thousands of miles of rail-trails and other multiuse trails, serving tens of millions of people living along the route as well as those who visit the trail from around the country and the world.
MT Headwaters Trail | Photo by Scott Stark
Reconnecting America
At RTC, we believe that every person deserves a safe place outdoors. We've helped 90 million people find trails near and far. We inspire people to make trails part of their everyday lives.
