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Connecting the Lake to The Point! Click for enlarged view of overview map
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Want a closer look?
Come visit the southern trails!
Click on the trail names to visit the trail group's website for more information (some links take you to ExplorePATrails.com). |
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Certain sections of the trail are not open to the public. Please contact the individual trail group for advice. |
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Updates now on the Where Can I Ride page.
Watch the Trail News page for details of upcoming openings!
A new section of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in Pittsburgh will soon open!!
The East Branch Trail is now open for 3.1 miles around Spartansburg!
(see some pictures on the Photos/Videos page)
_____ __, 2010 Your trail ride!! Let us know about it!
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Mission Statement
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“The Erie-to-Pittsburgh Trail Alliance (EPTA) is an active coalition of trail organizations, municipalities and individuals dedicated to the promotion, acquisition, development, and maintenance of a safe non-motorized trails network that connects the “Bayfront” in Erie to the “Point” in Pittsburgh. EPTA will seek to improve the quality of life for communities along the trail network while stimulating economic development and recreational tourism activities.” |
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The scenery
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The Erie-to-Pittsburgh Trail is a work in progress.
See the Where Can I Ride Page and individiual group websites for more information.
Please only ride segments that are currently open to the public.
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Contact the Erie-to-Pittsburgh Trail Alliance |
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North South
c/o Greenways & Open Space c/o Friends of the Riverfront
191 Howard St. 33 Terminal Way
Suite 215 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Franklin, PA 16323 412-488-0212
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2010 Officers:
President ................................................... Jim Holden, AVTA
Co-Vice President .................... Julia Eagles, Erie Port Authority
Co-Vice President ...........Park Wentling, Mercer Co Trails Assoc.
Secretary .............................. Marilyn Black, Oil Region Alliance
Treasurer ....................... Tom Baxter, Friends of the Riverfront |
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Website last updated: July 22, 2010 |
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Local groups, Local Trails, Regional Cooperation |
Bike, hike and outdoor enthusiasts join together to build and advocate for trails in your local area. These are safe, convenient places to have family fun, connect with nature and get some healthy exercise.
The local groups have combined efforts to support each other and create a regional destination connected to an even more extensive network. Destinations include parks, forests, wildlife refuges, historical and cultural sites, and Trail Towns. |
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Primary Route: Erie Bayfront to the "Point" at Pittsburgh. |
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Linking: the Seaway Trail (by-way) to the north, the Great Allegheny Passage to the south and numerous connectors |
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Total: over 500 hundred miles of nearly continuous trail from Lake Erie to the Nation's Capital. The EPT is about 60% complete. |
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Network: numerous feeder trails will link communities across northwestern Pennsylvania, upstate New York and Ohio. |
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Connecting: citizens to some of the most spectacular natural resources in the Commonwealth. |
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Developing: recreational opportunities and economic stimulus. |
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The role of the Erie-to-Pittsburgh Trail Alliance (EPTA) is to advocate for the continuous trail, assist the partners by sharing expertise and resources, and promote the use of the trail as a system. The purpose of the trail is to improve the quality of life for local residents and to stimulate economic development for communities along the route through recreational tourism. EPTA is an alliance of non-profit organizations, municipalities, and other organizations actively involved in the acquisition, development and maintenance of non-motorized trails and safe, well marked bicycle and pedestrian routes in Western Pennsylvania. The primary goal of the Alliance is to establish a continuous trail from the Erie Bayfront to Point State Park in Pittsburgh. By linking northwestern PA to the Great Allegheny Passage in the south (which leads along with the C&O Canal Towpath all the way to Washington, DC) cyclists will be able to enjoy hundreds of miles of nearly continuous trail in an arc from Lake Erie to the nation's capital. The existence of this through route is likely to stimulate the development of numerous feeder trails to link communities across northwestern Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. |
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