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History buffs may want to explore Greater Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River Trail, which currently covers nearly 72 miles and will one day stretch 120-plus miles throughout the Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area. A 30-mile section passes by some of the region’s most popular destinations, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Valley Forge National Historical Park, and the 2,000-acre Fairmount Park. The trail also helps compose three larger, developing systems, including the 800-mile Circuit Trails network in Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey; the 3,000-mile East Coast Greenway from Maine to Florida; and the 1,300-mile September 11th National Memorial Trail.

In Cambria and Indiana Counties, the Ghost Town Trail—part of the Trans Allegheny Trails System—allows users to glimpse relics from the region’s coal and railroad days, with iron furnaces, disused tipples (equipment that loaded coal onto railroad cars), and other artifacts still visible along its 44.5 miles.

To the west, the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, currently 21.2 miles, features the best of Pittsburgh along the path’s namesakes—the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela—­with highlights such as Point State Park, Station Square, the Cultural District, the North Side, the 456-acre Schenley Park, and some of the city’s most famous bridges. The trail also serves as a hub for a 1,500-mile trail network in development by the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition, and as a host for the 3,700-plus-mile Great American Rail-Trail.