Trail maps generated from geotagged images in on-line web albums
American Tobacco Trail
Location: Durham, NC
state: North Carolina
Description: The American Tobacco Trail is a 22+ mile rails-to-trails project located in the Triangle Region of North Carolina. The route crosses through the City of Durham; Durham, Chatham, and Wake counties; the planning jurisdictions of the Towns of Cary and Apex; and passes through the Lake Jordan project land of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Author: Thea Ganoe
Capital Trail, Chickahominy River and Greensprings Phase
Location: Williamsburg, VA
state: Virginia
Description: The Virginia Capital Trail is a pedestrian and bicycle trail that connects the Commonwealth’s past and present capitals of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Richmond along the Scenic Route 5 corridor. The Capital Trail traverses 50+ miles, five jurisdictions and 400 years rich in history along one of the first inland routes in North America.
Author: Thea Ganoe
Bruce Vento Regional Trail
Location: Saint Paul, MN
state: Minnesota
Description: This rail trail in the cities of Maplewood and Saint Paul, Minnesota. Approximately 6.2 miles long from the Gateway Trail to the river, it follows The Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad which completed in 1870 to connect the Mississippi River and steamers operating on the Great Lakes. It is is within the Metropolitan Council's Regional Recreation Open Space System under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County.
Author: Thea Ganoe
Blackwater Creek Nature Area
Location: Lynchburg, VA
state: Virginia
Description: This narrow stream valley in the heart of Lynchburg Virginia has 300 acres of trails and bikeways on abandoned railroad beds and trestles.
Author: Thea Ganoe
Outer BanksHalf Marathon
Location: Kitty Hawk, NC
state: North Carolina
Description: OBX Half Marathon 13.1 mile course during the 2008 event! Ever wonder what it is like to run in a half marathon?
Author: Thea Ganoe
Indian Mounds Park
Location: Saint Paul, MN
state: Minnesota
Description: Starting on top of the Dayton Bluff, descending to the Mississippi River, through downtown Saint Paul to pick up the Bruce Vento trailhead, explore trails so new they are not even mapped yet!
Author: Thea Ganoe
Gateway Trail
Location: Saint Paul, MN
state: Minnesota
Description: The Gateway State Trail is an 18-mile, converted rail-trail, on the Soo Line railroad track, for non-motorized trail use. The trail begins in the city of St. Paul, travels northeast through the cities of Maplewood, North St. Paul, and Oakdale, through Washington County, and ends at Pine Point Regional Park, just 4 miles northwest of the city of Stillwater. Take this virtual tour of the southern portion of the trail from Lake Phalen in to Saint Paul.
Author: Thea Ganoe
Umstead 100-mile Endurance Race
Location: William B. Umstead State Park
state: North Carolina
Description: Located in Umstead State Park, near Raleigh and Cary, North Carolina. The course is a 12.5-mile loop (with two out and back spurs) on a dirt road in the park. It will be repeated 8 times equalling 100 miles. Each loop begins and ends at the headquarters, Camp Lapihio.
Author: Thea Ganoe
New River Trail
Location: Galax, VA
state: Virginia
Description: The southern trail head. New River Trail State Park has been designated an official National Recreation Trail by the U. S. Department of the Interior. The park parallels 39 miles of the New River, which is one of the world's oldest rivers and among a handful of rivers flowing north.