In the mid-1980s the State of Florida started a project to set aside public land for conservation and recreation purposes. Linear trails, or greenways, long and narrow strips of land many times following abandoned railroad right-of-ways, stretch from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Johns River, occu...

Denise Ethier Dembinksi describes trails in Connecticut’s Sprague Land Preserve and along the bordering Shetucket River as part of Equitrekking’s 50 State Trail Riding Project. by Denise Ethier Dembinski Located just off of Rt. 207, on Holton Road in Franklin, Connecticut, the Spra...

Learn about a scenic and sometimes daring horseback ride through the rugged and remote terrain of Texas’ largest state park, part of the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. article and photos by Steven Long I’ll never forget our friend Rachel’s plea after we reac...

Avid trail rider Connie McNabb shares the beauty of Southern Illinois’ geologic wonder–– Shawnee National Forest with the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. By Connie McNabb To say trail riders new to exploring Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois are surpris...

Barbara Sollner-Webb of the Maryland Horse Council describes her favorite 18-mile ride in Maryland and encourages equestrians to play an active role in keeping trails open as part of Equitrekking’s 50 State Trail Riding Project. by Barbara Sollner-Webb While equine excursions earlier sho...

Learn about the best equine trails for riding Indiana's Hoosier National Forest from longtime trail rider Kim Humphries of Midwest Trail Ride for the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. by Kim Humphries When most people think of Indiana they think of miles and miles of flat corn fi...

Sue Noyes of the Southern Trailriders Association shares great horseback riding trails in the Tallahassee area of Florida for the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. Equestrians have many unique and amazing opportunities to ride a variety of trails in the Tallahassee area and to experi...

Caroline McCoy, who rides the White Mountain Wilderness and the Fort Stanton Trail system almost every week of the year on her Quarter Horse mare, shares photos from Lincoln County's White Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico, as part of the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. photos an...

An active equestrian who frequents horse and mule trails in San Diego County shares great equine trails along the Southern Tip of the Pacific Crest Trail for the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. By Clare Maudsley The Pacific Crest Trail stretches 2,650 miles from the Mexican border...

Longtime rider and horse breeder Lynn Kelley shares great horse trails in Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Arizona, part of Equitrekking's 50 State Trail Riding Project. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” —- N...