Bicycles & Pedestrians

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK, Ind.-- Construction began this week at Indiana Dunes National Park on a segment of the Marquette Greenway Trail. This segment is located between the national park’s Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education in Gary and the entrance to the park’s West Beach in Portage.

During a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 19, the National Park Service (NPS) officially reopened Bridge 23 on the Mount Vernon Trail, located within the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve. Cyclists and pedestrians can now safely use the newly reconstructed bridge, which was damaged from prior floods.

Hobart Prairie Grove consists of forested ravines and a portion of scenic Lake George, which is part of the Deep River. The Hobart Woodland trail offers views of forest ravines and has an overlook of Lake George. The Oak Savannah rail trail runs through the Hobart Prairie Grove and is a great place for biking, pushing a stroller or just hiking to relax and improve your health.

Hobart Prairie Grove consists of forested ravines and a portion of scenic Lake George, which is part of the Deep River. The Hobart Woodland trail offers views of forest ravines and has an overlook of Lake George. The Oak Savannah rail trail runs through the Hobart Prairie Grove and is a great place for biking, pushing a stroller or just hiking to relax and improve your health.

Since its formal establishment as a park in 1897, the trails and roads of Rock Creek Park have been used both for recreation and to get around the national capital area. Read this article to learn about how their use has evolved over time.

Jefferson City now has many sites to recognize its connection to Lewis and Clark, including a monument that sits next to the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, known officially as the Lewis and Clark Monument at the Katy Trailhead Plaza.

Pigeon Hill is a spur, or small hill just south of Little Kennesaw Mountain. This is a popular hiking area, as well as the site of one of the larger Union assaults during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

1.6-mile bike trail in Eastham, Massachusetts.

Two-mile out and back bike trail in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Four miles total.

Now a pedestrian/bicycle bridge, the Meridian Bridge in Yankton, SD greatly improved economic and social connections across the Nebraska and South Dakota border when it was opened in 1924.