Florida Gulf Coast Trail | Florida

Take the 366-mile Florida Gulf Coast Trail as an example. This trail passes through eight counties and, when completed, will stretch roughly from Tampa to Naples. Decades ago, the entire region was dominated by agriculture, but farms have given way to suburbs. While sections of the trail already exist, many gaps remain. With your support, we’re overseeing a regional effort with public and private partners to complete the trail and connect communities at every point along the corridor.

Spence Mountain | Oregon

Klamath Falls, a city of 22,000, was once a thriving timber town until changing forest policies and a severe earthquake took a toll on the town’s economic and built environments. Trust for Public Land has since helped Klamath Falls envision a new future. Just 10 miles outside of town rises Spence Mountain, where a private landowner allowed the community to create 50 miles of trails on 7,500 acres. Protecting the Spence Mountain property breathed new life into Klamath Falls' economy while ensuring that local residents and visitors retained a healthy outlet.

Long Island Greenway | New York

Back in 2020, New York State opened the Empire State Trail, a continuous 750-mile multi-use trail that spans the state from Plattsburgh in the north and Buffalo in the west all the way south to the Battery at the tip of Manhattan. But it ends there, leaving out more than 8 million New Yorkers who live east of Manhattan on the arm of Long Island. Now, a plan is in motion to change that by creating the Long Island Greenway, a new trail that will stretch east from Manhattan all the way to Montauk and link residents of Long Island (including Brooklyn and Queens) to the Empire State Trail. And with ongoing community outreach and support, construction of the trail’s first 25 miles will begin in 2025.