2025 MTC Annual Meeting, Dinner & Ballot
Montour Trail Council’s Annual Meeting and dinner is scheduled for Sunday, November 2, at the Loft Conference Center – Southpointe.
The keynote speaker is Amy Kapp of the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. She is editorial director and editor-in-chief of Rails to Trails magazine and the organization’s TrailBlog She grew up in the Pittsburgh area and earned a graduate degree from Pitt. Her presentation is titled Connecting People and Places: The Next Chapter in America’s Trail Story.
All MTC members are welcome to attend. The event includes a social hour, dinner, and the results of the election of new board members. Click here for more information, ballot and event registration form, and board candidate bios.
Yoga This Fall
Tree Pennsylvania Grantee
In its September newsletter, TreePennsylvania identified Montour Trail as one of the organization’s most dedicated grantees with volunteer-focused plantings while providing increased tree cover for trail participants. MTC worked in cooperation with PA DCNR and PSU Extension to add dozens of trees to the trail near the Muse branch and elsewhere. TreePennsylvania is a state-wide, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing tree canopy throughout Pennsylvania’s urban landscape.
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MOBILE WEBSITE
MontourMobile.org is designed to optimize viewing on a cell phone while using the trail. This mobile version loads quickly and provides limited content; as a result, fewer graphics appear. The main site contains many more resources than MontourMobile.
Since the site is new, you can help: If you find errors or want to suggest additional content, send email to webmaster@montourtrail.org.
The Montour Trail is a multi-use, non-motorized recreational pathway around Pittsburgh, the country’s longest suburban rail-trail. It is privately owned and operated. The main line extends ~47 miles; branch routes increase length to 60+ miles. The relatively flat half-loop stretches from Coraopolis (along the Ohio River) to Clairton (on the Monongahela River). A northwest branch connects directly to Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Montour connects to other rails-to-trails in western Pennsylvania and beyond: the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the C&O Canal Towpath, a completed trail system that stretches 300+ miles from Pittsburgh to Washington, DC.; the Panhandle Trail — a converted railroad line that stretches from Weirton, West Virginia, to Carnegie. And this local resource is part of U.S. Bicycle Route 50, which runs east-west and, when completed, will span the country.
Currently, 46 miles of the Montour Trail are continuous with several short gaps in the southeast section.
The Trail is easy to get to by car, as there are access areas and trailheads every few miles along the route. Pittsburgh’s rapid transit system runs near some of these, and it is bike friendly. The Trail is ADA accessible as well.