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Young Rider on Big Savage Tunnel

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…

2023 Downtown Pittsburgh GAP Construction

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…

Father Son Camping Roundbottom

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…

Wondrium America's Great Trails

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

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

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…

Nat Geo Traveller UK

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 The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail

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...

Cumberland Group Ride

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…

Amber Hartman

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…

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The Great Allegheny PassageĀ® offers 150 miles of spectacular biking and hiking from Cumberland, Md. to Pittsburgh, through Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

 

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