Allegheny Trail Alliance
The Allegheny Trail Alliance (ATA) is a coalition of seven trail organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland, building the Great Allegheny Passage, a 150-mile multiple use rail-trail system between Cumberland, Maryland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the 52-mile Montour Trail to provide a connection to the Pittsburgh International Airport. The Passage is now connected to the 184.5 mile C & O Canal Towpath in Cumberland and provides a non-motorized, nearly level trail system between Washington, DC and McKeesport, PA. The Great Allegheny Passage is a segment of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, one of eight nationally designated scenic trails.

The ATA member trail organizations are:

• Allegheny Highlands Trails of Maryland from Cumberland to the Mason-Dixon Line
• Somerset County Rails to Trails Association from the Mason-Dixon Line to Confluence
• Ohiopyle State Park from Confluence to Connellsville
• Regional Trail Corporation from Connellsville to McKeesport
• Steel Valley Trail Council from Clairton to Homestead
• Friends of the Riverfront from Homestead to Pittsburgh
• Montour Trail Council from Coraopolis to Clairton

Additional information about the Great Allegheny Passage can be found at www.atatrail.org

The Trail Town Program is an economic development initiative along The Great Allegheny Passage.

The Trail Town Program envisions a corridor of revitalized trailside communities along the Great Allegheny Passage that reap the economic benefits of trail-based tourism and recreation as part of a larger, coordinated approach to regional economic development.  The long-term economic viability of participating communities is to be achieved through concentrated business development efforts that capitalize on the trail user market.

The goals of the program are simple:

• Retain existing businesses.
• Expand and increase revenues of existing businesses.
• Recruit sustainable businesses.
• Adopt the Trail Town vision and integrate its concept of a visitor-friendly environment in community planning.

 Additional information on the vision and goals of the Trail Town program can be found at www.trailtowns.org

The Great Allegheny Passage Graphic Identity & Sign Guidelines Manual is available in a pdf format (8.38 MB) by clicking here.

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Allegheny Trail Alliance
P.O. Box 501
Latrobe, PA 15650
1-888-282-BIKE
atamail@atatrail.org