WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has named the Elroy-Sparta State Trail as the seventh inductee to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. The Wisconsin trail is featured in "Rails to Trails" ...

The first Rails to Trails Project in America, the Elroy-Sparta Trail, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2015. To commemorate , a 50th Anniversary Bike Ride and Ceremony is planned June 6 at the ...

SPARTA, Wis. - It's time to pay homage to the original: the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. This 32-mile-long trail is crushed limestone, nothing new. But the trail is famous for three long train tunnels ...

Biking the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Wisconsin The 32.5-mile trail, the country's first rail-trail, travels through three old train tunnels on its journey from Elroy to Sparta.

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