Archive for the 'Trails' Category (Page 18)

From the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks comes this well-done video about the recent completion of the Prairie Spirit Trail in east-central Kansas. The trail stretches from Ottawa in the north to Iola in the south, a distance of about 50 miles. Thanks to Randy & Nova’s Bicycle Scrapbook …

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Kansas City Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Earth Riders Trails Association (ERTA), will host the grand opening of a planned 16-mile primitive, recreational trail system within Swope Park. The formal dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled at 10:00am Saturday, November 15 followed immediately by the official opening of …

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Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma have dedicated about two miles of improvements to the city’s popular River Parks Trail: “This is a great example of how Tulsa really does it right when we get together as partners,” Mayor Kathy Taylor said. The George Kaiser Family Foundation donated $12.4 million for the trail improvements, …

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From The Hutchinson News: Outgoing Reno County Commission Chairman Larry Sharp is seeking $300,000 for a favorite project before his term ends in January. At Sharp’s advocacy and with Commissioner Frances Garcia’s assent, the board signaled Wednesday tentative support for $700,000 in temporary notes for road improvements and a hike-bike trail from …

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With the year winding down, and riding conditions becoming more brutal, now is a good time to think about giving back a bit to our cycling community. One way to do this is to help with trailbuilding. Most mountain bike trails (and many rails-to-trails project) are built and maintained by …

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American Trails presents the 19th Annual National Trails Symposium in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 15-18, 2008. The Symposium provides an opportunity for the worldwide trails community to come together for an inspirational and educational conference. The Symposium agenda addresses both non-motorized and motorized issues and our vision for trails and …

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The Mississippi River Trail follows the Mississippi River from its headwaters in Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. The book guides you along the designated route, turn by turn, and includes information on the available services, points of interest, and history of the areas you pass through, so cyclists can better appreciate the communities and scenery along the route.

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Area Boy Scouts and volunteers recently helped clear a new mountain bike trail at Fort Leavenworth. The trail, which runs roughly along Sheridan Drive from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery to the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery and Nez Perce Village, is intended primarily for mountain bikes, but may also be used …

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The Mid-America Regional Council has just published a new edition of the Bikeways and Trails Map for the greater Kansas City region. MARC’s MetroGreen is a proposed 1,144-mile interconnected system of public and private open spaces, greenways and trails designed to link seven counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area, including …

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The Trails KC plan is finally going before the Kansas City, Missouri City Council. The trails plan, which calls for 230 miles of off-street shared use trails, 26 miles of on-street facilities and 41 miles of equestrian trails, was unanimously approved by the City Plan Commission in September, and will now …

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