Routes / Re: Traffic Free Trails
« on: February 14, 2018, 11:19:45 am »And as a point of clarification, the Great Allegheny Passage connects Pittsburgh and Cumberland MD. It's a former railroad right of way. The C&O canal path takes you from Cumberland, MD to D.C. It's a different animal from the GAP.
Using a FS road, you can connect the RoH with the NorPac Trail, which is the trail that takes you to Lookout Pass and then down to Mullan (or you can do the fast descent on I-90) where the Trail of the Coeur D'Alene begins. It ends in Plummer, ID. Alternatively, from the E. Portal trailhead of the RoH you can continue on the former Milwaukee Road right-of-way, which is known as the Olympian Trail, all the way to St. Regis. All this is available on Google Maps.
BTW...I have read some so so reviews of the Cowboy Trail which mention poor maintenance and lots goat head thorns.
In the east, there is the D&L Trail system in PA, although it has some gaps. In can be combined with the D&R path system in NJ. The Pine Creek Trail in PA is another option as is the Allegheny River Trail.