The Montour Trail is a recreational pathway system that stretches 60-plus miles around Pittsburgh, making it the longest suburban rail-trail in the country. Its bridges, trestles, viaducts and tunnels are impressive, and its railbeds played an important role in the region’s coal-mining history.
Walk. Run. Bike. Camp.
Make your own tracks on one of the the nation’s outstanding rail-trails. Bonus: If you live near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it’s right in your back yard!
The Montour Trail is a multi-use, non-motorized recreational pathway around Pittsburgh, making it the longest suburban rail-trail in the country. When completed, the Trail will extend 47.4 miles; branch routes increase the overall length to 63 miles. The relatively-flat half-loop stretches from Coraopolis (13 miles northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River) to Clairton (15 miles southeast of the city, on the Monongahela River). A branch in the northwest section connects directly to the Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Trail is easy to get to by car, as there are access areas and trailheads every few miles along the route. It is ADA accessible as well.
Scenic beauty
Restored bridges
Historic tunnels
4-season access
The Trail connects to other rails-to-trails in western Pennsylvania. You can easily get to 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 almost 30 miles from Weirton, West Virginia, to Carnegie — meets up with the Montour Trail west of McDonald (southwest of Pittsburgh).
Currently, 45 miles of the Montour Trail are completed with several short gaps in the southeast section.
