New E-Bike Charging Infrastructure Installed in Cumberland, Meyersdale

New e-bike charging stations have been installed at Canal Place in Cumberland by Mountain Maryland Trails, and in a new community…

Newly-Improved Connection Between Mon Wharf and Point State Park Open for Travel

Point State Park officials and their contractors have opened a new, reconfigured connecting ramp carrying the Great Allegheny Passage between Point State Park…

C&O Canal NHP Completes Work Around Paw Paw Tunnel

Crews have completed the extensive rock wall remediation work along the eastern portal of the Paw Paw Tunnel, and have re-opened the tunnel for…

AAA World Lauds Great Allegheny Passage

“Riders enjoy nearly 150 uninterrupted miles of bucolic landscapes, tumbling waterfalls, river views, railroad trestles and charming towns that implore cyclists to stop and stay…

New Bicyclist-Friendly Campsites Open in Ohiopyle State Park

Officials at Ohiopyle State Park have opened a new bicyclist-focused, fee-based primitive campground at mile marker 72.6 along the Great Allegheny Passage.  Dubbed…

Profile: Sharon Joseph Imes

“The Great Allegheny Passage has such a great impact financially on Connellsville, with people coming in. People are supporting our businesses. We’re the largest town…

Profile: Roy Bires

“In 1970, while working in the National Tube Rolling Mill, I watched trains carry ingots across the Riverton Bridge from the Duquesne Steel Mill to…

Profile: Mark Bowers

“I’ve always been an outdoors person. I started visiting the gorge regularly when I was in my early 20’s, and before any of the present…

Profile: Rod Darby

“Being a trail business owner has its unique challenges. We have two different customers. We have local folks who come in here and say, ‘Oh…

Profile: Leanne Triggs

“People who are on the GAP are usually very creative and very into art and nature. All of these artists and nature lovers and creative…