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Welcome to the official site of the North Bend Rails to Trails Foundation. We are a non-profit organization, represented by citizens of the four counties (Wood, Ritchie, Doddridge and Harrison) which make up the North Bend Rail Trail. Our primary objective is to support, promote and provide for the improvement of the Trail.

The North Bend Rail Trail is a multiuse recreational trail operated by West Virginia State Parks, formerly a main line of the B&O (later CSX) railway. The trail is part of the 5,500-mile coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail. The NBRT covers 72 miles from near I-77 outside Parkersburg in Wood County to Wolf Summit in Harrison County.This scenic trail passes through 10 tunnels and crosses 38 bridges. Easily accessible from north/south interstates 77 and 79, the trail roughly parallels US Route 50 east and west.

Although there are many trails that are paved, the North Bend Rail Trail remains just as it was intended to be: a crushed-limestone trail. This gives users a unique hike, bicycle outing or horseback ride in the great outdoors. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the Trail. Areas in some towns are blacktopped, but once you get out of town, you experience the country path much as it was when the steam engines roared through.

So come out and enjoy the tunnels, countryside and small towns along the North Bend Rail Trail!