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Talking Trails: A Book Talk and Community Conversation

Rivers of Steel

Join Rivers of Steel for a community conversation featuring Amy Camp, author of Deciding on Trails: 7 Practices of Healthy Trail Towns. Sharing insights from her book and stories of places that have embraced trails and tourism, Amy will reveal her motivation for writing “the book for trail towns,” and discuss how her background in trails and community development began as a personal journey that has blossomed into international community.

Meyersdale Area Historical Society

Halloween Fun at Meyersdale Station

Ride out to the Meyersdale Area Historical Society's Halloween Fun at the Station event on Saturday, October 30. A cast of historical characters representing local and national figures will be on hand to greet visitors. Explore the model railroad and artifacts from the Western Maryland Railway, including a real caboose painted in livery colors. Enjoy halloween treats and take a spin over the nearby Salisbury Viaduct.

Month of Mud

Month of Mud Ohiopyle

Ohiopyle State Park

A competitive mountain bike race in varying classes with eligibility for a Super D time trial run with some climbing. The course is not on the Great Allegheny Passage but on single-track within Ohiopyle State Park, including McCune and Sugarloaf Trails. Registration required! Spend the day racing or watching those who dare!

Winterfest Ohiopyle

Winterfest

Ohiopyle State Park 124 Main Street, Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, United States

Enjoy sledding, cross-country-skiiing, snowshoeing, family wagon rides, and a food truck in the pristine, snow-covered hills of Ohiopyle State Park, courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This annual event is scaled back a bit for COVID, but the temperatures are right and the wintery woods are waiting!

2022 IceCycle

IceCycle

Great Allegheny Passage

Support Friends of the Riverfront by biking 31 miles in 31 days along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Great Allegheny Passage, or on a trail near you. IceCycle is a great way to challenge yourself to get outdoors and moving this winter! Registration is $31 and benefits Friends of the Riverfront's trail maintenance and improvement […]

$31.00

Eastern Redbud Connellsville

YRTC Spring Running Races

Connellsville 131 West Crawford Avenue, Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Register now for one of these great running competitions on the Great Allegheny Passage in Connellsville -- pick from among a 5K walk, 5K run, 10K run, 10 mile run, or half marathon -- starting at Yough River Park. Proceeds support the Yough River Trail Council, which deploys volunteers along the GAP to perform important […]

Boston Trailhead

Little Boston Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk

Elizabeth Township 1902 Donner Street, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Join friends from the Mon/Yough Trail Council for this annual event -- either a half marathon or a 5K race -- on the Great Allegheny Passage starting at the parking lot in the hamlet of Boston, right up the Youghiogheny River from McKeesport. This section of the GAP is newly resurfaced, and proceeds from this […]

Pennsylvania Maple Festival

Pennsylvania Maple Festival

Meyersdale 120 Meyers Avenue, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

Don’t miss the syrupy goodness of the Pennsylvania Maple Festival, held in Meyersdale right off the Great Allegheny Passage April 23 and 24, and April 27 to May 1.  Meyersdale is Pennsylvania’s “Maple City,” and the 2022 festival features a tree-tapping ceremony, horse-drawn carriage rides, tours of the Historic Meyers Manor Homestead, and maple syrup-making […]

Geology Ride

Peak of the Passage Geology Ride

Meyersdale 120 Meyers Avenue, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

Enjoy this flat group ride with retired geologist Fred Zelt, a Certified League Cycling Instructor through the League of American Bicyclists and Founder of the Social Distance Cycling Club. Fred will bring his knowledge and passion to the Great Allegheny Passage and the geological features near the Eastern Continental Divide and Big Savage Tunnel. The […]

$10

Tri Town Trot

Tri Town Trot

Dawson 203 Cochran Street, Dawson, Pennsylvania

Register for this 10K run, 5K run, and 5K walk, part of the Dawson Sesquicentennial Celebration and the Tri Town Homecoming Weekend. All paid entrants receive a t-shirt. Awards will be presented to the the top three male and female finishers overall and to the top three male and female finishers in each age group. […]

$20
WQED The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail

Free Screening of WQED’s The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail

The Pump House 880 East Waterfront Drive, Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States

Join friends and fans of the Great Allegheny Passage to screen WQED's brand new one-hour documentary, The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail, before its broadcast premiere on WQED-TV later in June. This fresh look at the Great Allegheny Passage includes in-depth story segments from Downtown Pittsburgh to Cumberland, and cover famous landmarks and less […]

WQED The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail

Free Screening of WQED’s The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail

Tissue Farm 446 Latrobe Avenue, Confluence, Pennsylvania, United States

Join friends and fans of the Great Allegheny Passage to screen WQED's brand new one-hour documentary, The Great Ride: Landmarks Along the Trail, before its broadcast premiere on WQED-TV later in June. This fresh look at the Great Allegheny Passage includes in-depth story segments from Downtown Pittsburgh to Cumberland, and cover famous landmarks and less […]