Map 02: Regional Trail Network

MARION PEAVINE TRAIL

The existing Marion Peavine Trail begins at City Stage on North Main Street in downtown Marion. It travels south along sidewalks approximately 0.2 miles to the intersection of South Main Street and State Street then turns east. The trail route follows the sidewalk on the north side of State Street approximately 0.25 miles to the beginning of the rail trail corridor.

The existing rail trail stretches 1.5 miles to Ford Way, just south of First Christian Church on Rutherford Road. A short section stretches approximately 0.2 miles further south before ending at a gate across the trail at an abandoned trestle. The rail corridor continues south parallel to Rutherford Road before ending at Jacktown Road. This section of the corridor above represents the study area for this planning effort.

At Jacktown Road the corridor rejoins an active CSX Transportation railroad line. Future plans to extend the Peavine Trail to McDowell Technical Community College will require the trail alignment to travel south across US Highway 226 and through an existing culvert under Interstate 40 (See Map 3: Marion Peavine Trail, page right).