Welcome to the NETT
VISITOR’S GUIDE
Locate entrance points across East Texas and start your journey today!
A 130-mile recreational trail rolling over rural Northeast Texas
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May 29, 2025
Show your NorthEast Texas Trail pride!
While supplies last, you’ll receive a Limited Edition NETT logo magnet for your donation of $25 or more.
Northeast Texas Trail Feasibility Study
Texans will soon learn whether their state could gain its first linear state park. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) tapped RVi to conduct a feasibility study on transforming the Northeast Texas Trail, also known as the NETT, into a state park. The NETT is a 130-mile rail-to-trail conversion running from Texarkana to East Dallas, with a halfway point in Paris, Texas. If TPWD Commission approves the park designation, the NETT will not only be the first linear state park, but also the longest hike, bike, and equestrian trail in the state, and the fourth-longest trail of its kind in the country.
TxDOT Transportation Alternatives Grants
The NorthEast Texas Trail Coalition is very pleased to announce that four TxDOT grants totaling nearly $7.5 million dollars were recently awarded to fully develop over 27 miles of the east half of the NETT. These federal funding dollars were earmarked specifically for Transportation Alternatives projects such as sidewalks, shared-use paths, bike lanes, pedestrian bridges, and other features that enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety for all ages and abilities.
TxDOT received $25 million in federal funds to expand two trail corridors in northeast Texas and El Paso
Aug. 17, 2022
AUSTIN – Texas is taking another step forward in providing safe, long-distance travel options for bicyclists and pedestrians after TxDOT received $25 million in federal funds to expand two trail corridors in northeast Texas and El Paso. Both trails are components of the state’s envisioned Bicycle Tourism Trails network.
History of the NETT
When completed the Northeast Texas Trail will be the longest Hike/Bike and Equestrian Trail in Texas and the 4th longest in the U.S.A.
Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.
Jamie Lyn Beatty
Support the NETT
The NorthEast Texas Trail Coalition is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization.
Your donations are tax-deductible.
Camping on the NETT
There are campsite locations, adjacent to the NETT Right of Ways, which are available for public use.
NETT News & Announcements
Stay up to date with what is happening on the trail.
