Show sign flyer.  In 2025, we celebrated Fall Days of Giving on September 19, 20 and 21st during the Peanut Butter Festival with The Big Dog Show, a sculptural art and charity event hosted by Redbank Renaissance, Inc, Redbank Valley Trails Association and The Gallery at New Bethlehem Town Center.

Our annual trail and community clean up will be in late April of each year.  Help is welcomed all year including by school, scout, business and corporate volunteers.   For more information visit Facebook or call 724-664-4754.

The Annual Day of Giving is held in May each year.   Please watch Facebook for more information.  Needs continue for maintenance, portojohns and resurfacing. Some resurfacing will be done on older sections as soon as materials can be obtained and weather permits.

The Redbank Valley Trails Association December challenge runs through the month of December to provide funding for needed maintenance on the trail.

See our Facebook page (listed below) for the latest news and trail alerts. Additionally, please visit our Trail Guide and current status, Access Limitations, and Development News pages for more information on work on the trail.

After 9 years of work, RVTA was within 4 weeks of finishing basic improvements to all 51 miles of the Redbank Valley Trails when 5.5 inches of localized rain fell within 45 minutes on Friday, July 19, 2019.  A wall of water followed Long Run from upstream taking out roads, trees and rocks as it went, blocked the 15 foot wide stone arch built by the Allegheny Valley Rail Road in 1871, eroded around the arch and destroyed it.  It created a huge gap in the trail.  The photos show the Board inspecting the site, and the new bridge that was installed on November 3, 2020. The Board worked hard to find a safe and economical temporary and permanent solution.  Thanks to great maintenance work by our volunteers, that was the only area of the trail that suffered significant damage.

Redbank Valley Trails was honored as PA’s first trail of the year in 2014 for the dedicated work of its volunteers, its scenic beauty and its connections to other trails.  Many visitors comment that it is their new favorite trail.

There’s plenty of wonderful trail to ride.  The trail is open between Brookville to the Allegheny River where the trail connects to the Armstrong Trail.  RVTA finished surface improvements to the 9-mile Sligo Spur and to the 1.4 mile just east of New Bethlehem in Fairmount City in early August 2019.

Redbank Valley Trails Association was honored with a Jefferson Award in Pittsburgh on May 5th, 2016, for its volunteer efforts and accomplishments and those efforts continue.  Thanks to everyone for your volunteer efforts, support  and contributions that make progress possible.

OTHER PAST AREA EVENTS (Watch for these annual events) :  RVTA Days of Giving Brochure 2025

Benefitting: Jefferson Co. History Center 

The trail provides the venue for the Kessa’s Blessings Annual Turkey Trot Fundraiser on Thanksgiving morning each year in memory of Kessa Rankin who succumbed to cancer at a young age.  The fundraiser benefits two local families dealing with cancer or other health battles.