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5 Capital Area Greenbelt

County

Dauphin

Endpoints

Loop: PA 39/Linglestown Road and Industrial Road to S. Cameron St. and S. 13th St. (Harrisburg)

Mileage

21.2

Type

Greenway/Non-Rail-Trail

Roughness Index

1

Surface

Asphalt, Cinder, Concrete, Crushed Stone

Every year, tens of thousands of people take to the Capital Area Greenbelt looping around Harrisburg to play, exercise, and commute. The greenway completely encircles Pennsylvania’s capital city as it connects parks, museums, and a stretch of gardens and woods along the Susquehanna River.

Originally conceived by landscape architect Warren Manning in the early 1900s to improve livability in what was a gritty steel town, the greenbelt project was forgotten as more pressing matters arose and many residents migrated to the suburbs. Then in 1991, volunteers with the Capital Area Greenbelt Association (CAGA) resurrected the spirit of those plans and began building trails using wood chips and gravel. Today, private foundations and local and state agencies have adopted the greenbelt, which benefits from state grants totaling millions of dollars.