# BikeTheRail Muse connector

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## BikeTheRail

Find U.S. rail-trails, canal towpaths and greenways by location, surface and length with current closures.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/biketherail
- Category: Travel
- Developer: BikeTheRail (https://biketherail.org/)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 426ms, checked 2026-10-29T19:16:33Z
- Endpoint: https://biketherail.org/mcp
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-10-29T19:16:33Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (org.biketherail/trails) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=org.biketherail%2Ftrails

Search and explore U.S. rail-trails, canal towpaths and greenways by name, state, surface and distance. Get trail facts, trailhead details with parking and water, current closures and detours, and nearby trails from your location.

Example request: "Find crushed stone rail-trails near me that are at least 20 miles long."

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use BikeTheRail to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://biketherail.org/mcp. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- search_trails: Find U.S. rail-trails, canal towpaths and greenways by name, state, surface, kind and length. Returns each trail's page URL and slug (for get_trail). With no query, lists the longest trails that match the filters.
- get_trail: One trail's facts (length, surface, states, managing organization, official website, year opened), trailheads with parking, restrooms and water, any current closure, the opening of its "About this trail" article, its numbered sources and its page URL. Takes the slug from search_t
- trails_near: Trails within a radius of a latitude and longitude, nearest first, with the distance to the closest point of each trail. For a town or address, pass its coordinates. Optional filters as in search_trails.
- list_closures: Current trail closures and detours posted by trail managers and agencies, optionally for one state, with the source notice. Trails not listed have no reported closure.

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 426ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (biketherail.org not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (4 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)