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Trail Closures and Detours – Updated 2025

  Planning your next trip to the Cardinal Greenway? Make sure you know which sections of the trail are closed and the detours to get around closures. Throughout 2025, there are a variety of construction projects that will directly impact the trail. Each of these projects has either begun or will begin soon. Be sure […]

Walking: An Overlooked Pathway of Restorative Therapy

Trail user Jeff Howe tells the story of his restoration through exercise and walking on the Cardinal Greenways. It was July 2018 when my life was forever changed. A serious motorcycle accident left me with multiple injuries, the most significant being to my right hip and leg—injuries that would affect me for the rest of […]

McCulloch Trailhead Repair

McCulloch Trailhead Repair Trees can be a wonderful asset to the landscape, but their roots can cause problems for trail use and maintenance. For several years, Sycamore tree roots have created problems in the trail asphalt between the Cardinal Greenway trail and the White River trail, both located in Muncie, IN. These two trails intersect […]

E-Bikes on the trail

Are you thinking about purchasing an e-bike to ride on trails this year?  Before purchasing an e-bike for trail riding, check your state laws for e-bikes and the class of the e-bike. Only Class 1 and 2 e-bikes are allowed on all Indiana paved trails. Class 3 e-bikes can be ridden on Indiana roads, but […]

New Shelter at Blountsville Trailhead

The Blountsville trailhead, located on the Indiana Cardinal Greenway trail, now has a shelter! Pictured are the team of six Cardinal Greenway volunteers building the shelter on Monday, September 14, 2023. This is the seventh trailhead shelter that this volunteer team has constructed on the Cardinal Greenway trail. Their first shelter build was at Prairie […]

The Pennsylvania Bridge Renovation

The renovation of the historic Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge at the McCulloch Trailhead has been completed. The trailhead will serve as Cardinal Greenway’s newest pedestrian bridge across the White River, just south of the Cardinal Greenway Depot. In partnership with the Muncie Sanitary District, this renovation has solved a river and city infrastructure need while enhancing […]

Cardinal Line November 2021

Turkey Trot Out of concern for the safety of our volunteers, staff and participants, we’re once again holding our annual Turkey Trot virtually this year to avoid having a large crowd gather in our headquarters in the Muncie Depot. Instead, we invite you to show your support of the Greenway by signing up and participating […]

Cardinal Line September 2021

Cardinal WIN Thanks to everyone who came out for our final event of the Summer, Cardinal WIN. We had walkers complete distances of 5K, 10K and Half Marathon in both Muncie and Marion and show their support of the Greenway. You can find more photos of the event here.  Trail Guides Next time you’re on the […]