Sheepskin Trail
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|location=Fayette County Pennsylvania
|trailheads=Dunbar, Pennsylvania
Dunbar Township at Junction with
Youghiogheny River Trail South, part of the
Great Allegheny Passage Trail System
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|hazards= Railroad Crossing
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The Sheepskin Trail is a non-motorized rail-trail in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It is planned to eventually link the Great Allegheny Passage trail system near Dunbar to the Mon River Trail system at the Pennsylvania/West Virginia state line near Point Marion. Currently, due to funding restrictions, the trail is only opened for {{convert|2.1|mi|km}} from the Great Allegheny Passage junction to the Dunbar town center, where there is parking and a comfort station available for public use.{{Cite web| title=Building the Sheepskin trail | url=http://co.fayette.pa.us/ParksandTrails/Documents/building_the_sheepskin_trail.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813192108/http://co.fayette.pa.us/ParksandTrails/Documents/building_the_sheepskin_trail.pdf | archive-date=2011-08-13}}
History and Future
= History =
In 1997, a feasibility study was completed and in 2007, the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line was purchased and Phase 1, which cost $647,927,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_569558.html |title=Sheepskin Trail opens this week - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-date=2010-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603191807/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_569558.html |url-status=dead }} was opened in May 2008.
= Future =
Plans are still being worked out at this time to construct the trail further towards Uniontown, the county seat, and then further to Point Marion, as funding becomes available.
References
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Category:Rail trails in Pennsylvania