One of the most famous routes, "The Country Club Line", still had rail until the 1990s when it became a hike/bike recreation trail.

Today, there is a recreation trail from McMurdo Station and Scott Base which provides access to Castle Rock year round.

The recreation trail opened on April 30, 2011.

The causeway between Burlington and South Hero built at that time is today maintained as a recreation trail called The Island Line.

In 1994, the rails were removed from the railroad to construct the Jacques-Cartier / Portneuf recreation trail.

The trail project is still in progress and plans to connect Fruita to Palisade via a paved recreation trail.

In 1977 removal of the track began and the land in Virginia was secured by the US Forest Service for a recreation trail.

The rail line has long been discontinued, but the old grade and its trestles are now part of a recreation trail circling the reservoir.

A 1.2 mile (1.9 km) recreation trail leads up through a slot canyon to a lookout point where the tent rocks may be viewed from above.

The earlier Boston and Maine Railroad leading further north was discontinued, but a portion of it has been converted into a recreation trail.