Big Savage Tunnel to Reopen on March 31
Somerset County will reopen the Big Savage Tunnel on the afternoon of Friday, March 31, making travel between Meyersdale and Frostburg possible…
Section of GAP Between Monongahela Wharf and Point State Park to be Fully Rebuilt in 2023
After many years of cooperative design work among several state, city, and federal agencies, contractors funded and deployed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and…
Pittsburgh Quarterly Photo Essay Captures GAP Bicyclists
Photographer John Beale’s splendid photo essay of bicyclists along the Great Allegheny Passage graces the webpage of Pittsburgh Quarterly. Beale…
GAP Featured Among “America’s Great Trails” in Exclusive Wondrium Documentary Series
The Great Allegheny Passage is one of just six long-distance footpaths featured in “America’s Great Trails,” a new 28-minute documentary by…
Lonely Planet Editor Lauds “Gorgeous” GAP as One-of-a-Kind Bicycle Adventure
After a week on the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal Towpath, Lonely Planet editor Sebastian Modak’s exclaims that “a…
Amtrak to Restore, Add Capacity for Bicycles on Capitol Limited
Amtrak has announced expanded bicycle capacity on the Capitol Limited, which parallels the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal Towpath between Pittsburgh and…
GAP Featured in National Geographic Traveller UK
Writer Joe Sills says that “to cycle along the Great Allegheny Passage is to ride through the pages of Pittsburgh history” in an article…
WQED to Premiere “The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail”
WQED is back with more exploration of the Great Allegheny Passage, with the premiere broadcast of The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail on Thursday, June 16, on WQED-TV. The documentary will also be available at www.wqed.org/ride or the PBS Video App. Prior to its TV premiere, WQED invites you to attend one of three exclusive free trail town screening events...
GAP Received an Estimated 1.4 Million Visits in 2021
Bicyclists, walkers, runners, and explorers made an estimated 1.4 million visits to the Great Allegheny Passage in 2021, according to a just-released analysis by…
Profile: Amber Hartman
“The house was built in 1920. No restoration work had ever been done but it had wonderful bones to work with. I was inspired to…