York County Rail Trail Authority

TRAILS START WITH US!

With your help, we're ready to build more miles of trail and continue the restoration of a stream! YES, York County Rail Trail Authority bought 8.5 miles of dormant railroad in 2020 to expand the Hanover Trolley Trail. In 2022, we removed the rails and cleared the corridor to prepare for the building of more rail trail miles. In 2023, 2.1 miles was completed outside of Spring Grove traveling through Jackson Township. In 2024 we began the restoration of Oil Creek in Heidelberg Township, along with a mile and half of trail starting at Gitts Run Road. 2025 promises to be a stellar year with the completion of restoring Oil Creek and trail mileage to Jacob's Mill Road. 

With your help, York County Rail Trail Authority will continue to build our county's trail system - taking you new places such as the one above in Jackson Township - where you can breathe deeply, be touched by warm sunshine, hear the soothing sounds birds and a stream, and become briefly lost in the beauty of magical places.  Your donation to Give Local York will convert this once dormant 8.5-mile rail line into new miles of rail trail!

Picture: Eastern Redbuds, Hanover Trolley Trail, Jackson Township

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