BikeTheRail

org.biketherailPublished by biketherail.orgOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 26, 2026

Look up U.S. rail-trails: search, nearby trails, trail facts, trailheads and closures.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Looks up U.S. rail-trails: search by name, state, surface or length, find trails near a point, read trail facts and check closures.

What you can do
  • Search rail-trails, canal towpaths and greenways by name, state, surface, kind and length, returning page URLs and slugs
  • Read one trail's facts: length, surface, states, managing organization, official website, year opened, trailheads with parking, restrooms and water, and its sources
  • Find trails within a radius of a latitude and longitude, nearest first with distance to the closest point
  • List current trail closures and detours, optionally for one state, with the source notice
When to use it
Useful when planning a ride, walk or outing on U.S. rail-trails and greenways, or when checking whether a specific trail is open or has a posted detour. Also handy for comparing trails by surface, length or location.
Requirements
Remote endpoint at biketherail.org over streamable HTTP; no packages, environment variables or headers declared. No authentication is declared.
Before you install
Read-only lookup tools; no writes or credentials requested. Closure information comes from notices posted by trail managers and agencies, and trails not listed are reported as having no reported closure, so verify conditions with the managing organization before relying on it.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open BikeTheRail in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/org.biketherail%2Ftrails/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biketherail": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://biketherail.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

4

search_trails

Search trails

Find U.S. rail-trails, canal towpaths and greenways by name, state, surface, kind and length. Returns each trail's page URL and slug (for get_trail). With no query, lists the longest trails that match the filters.

Parameterskindlimitquerystatesurfacemax_milesmin_miles

get_trail

Get a trail

One trail's facts (length, surface, states, managing organization, official website, year opened), trailheads with parking, restrooms and water, any current closure, the opening of its "About this trail" article, its numbered sources and its page URL. Takes the slug from search_trails or trails_near.

Parametersslugrequired

trails_near

Trails near a point

Trails within a radius of a latitude and longitude, nearest first, with the distance to the closest point of each trail. For a town or address, pass its coordinates. Optional filters as in search_trails.

Parameterslatrequiredlonrequiredkindlimitsurfacemin_milesradius_miles

list_closures

List closures

Current trail closures and detours posted by trail managers and agencies, optionally for one state, with the source notice. Trails not listed have no reported closure.

Parametersstate

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 22, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.