NFVC
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Celebrate Trails Day
Come celebrate the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Celebrate Trails Day with a special Friendship walking event. We will be using our Williamsville Seasonal Event trail.
The event will take place at the LeHigh Memory Trail Off South Long St in Williamsville, NY on April 18th at 1:00 PM. There will be free parking at the trail/RR Station, with additional parking at the Williamsville Town Hall lot nearby. For any questions contact Terry at 716-531-1396 or Barb at 716-444-5768.
Rails-to-Trails
Celebrate Trails Day
With 2026 marking 40 years since RTC opened its doors and decades of progress made for the trails movement, we’re planning to make this Celebrate Trails Day the biggest and best celebration yet.
In 1986, only 250 miles of known rail-trails were open in the U.S. For four decades, RTC has worked from coast to coast, helping to transform unused rail corridors and other rights-of-way into vibrant public places—ensuring a better future for America made possible by trails and the connections they inspire. Today, there are 42,000+ miles of multiuse trails on the ground, nearly 26,000 miles of which are rail-trails, laying the foundation for the 150+ trail networks that are in development nationwide—providing us with ways to safely walk, bike and get outside, and much to celebrate!
Celebrate Trails Day is more than a day outside; it’s a day of action. Trails improve lives, engage communities, create opportunities, inspire movement, support economies, provide access to nature, deliver joy and other benefits. When we show up for America’s trails, we send a message loud and clear that these spaces are essential to the places we live, work and play.