2023 was a banner year for greenways and trails across North Carolina. More than 1,700 trail-related events were held across the state, and thanks to the efforts of the Great Trails State Coalition, the N.C. Legislature allocated $54.9 million for trails in the N.C. state budget.
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McDowell Trails Association looks ahead to 2024
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The city of Marion, with funding from McDowell TDA and the MTA, recently completed Phase I of repairs to the Peavine from the State Street Trailhead to Baldwin Avenue with new signage, improved parking and street crossings, new trail surface, and a monument at the historic Morehead Cemetery.
Phase II of the Peavine Trail will improve the crossing at Baldwin Avenue, resurface the rest of the trail, repair two trestles and extend the trail to Jacktown Road. Recently, some members of the McDowell Trails Association enjoyed a walk on the Peavine.
The McDowell Trails Association will continue to make extending the Peavine Rail Trail a priority in 2024. MTA members will continue to raise funds to repair the two trestles located just below the current end of the Peavine Rail Trail Restaurant on Rutherford Road. The other one is smaller and less visible.
The idea is to extend the Peavine Trail from the middle of Marion southward towards Jacktown Road and one day connect it all the way to McDowell Technical Community College. This is a part of the old pathway that is not open to the public but could someday become part of the Peavine Trail for pedestrians and cyclists to use.
The historic Morehead Cemetery, located just off the Peavine Trail, has been cleaned and restored. It is now maintained by the city of Marion.
This section of the Peavine Trail is located near Morehead Road.
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