{{Short description|Non-motorized rail-trail in Fayette County, Pennsylvania}}{{Update|date=October 2025}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox hiking trail | name = Sheepskin Trail | photo = | caption = | length_mi = 2.1 | location = Fayette County Pennsylvania | trailheads = Dunbar, Pennsylvania<br /> Dunbar Township at Junction with<br />Youghiogheny River Trail South, part of the<br />Great Allegheny Passage Trail System | use = Hiking, Biking | elev_change = | highest = | lowest = | difficulty = | season = | sights = | hazards = Railroad Crossing | map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=line}} }}
The '''Sheepskin Trail''' is a non-motorized rail-trail in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It is planned to eventually link the Great Allegheny Passage trail system near Dunbar to the Mon River Trail system at the Pennsylvania/West Virginia state line near Point Marion. Currently, due to funding restrictions, the trail is only opened for {{convert|2.1|mi|km}} from the Great Allegheny Passage junction to the Dunbar town center, where there is parking and a comfort station available for public use.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Building the Sheepskin trail | url=http://co.fayette.pa.us/ParksandTrails/Documents/building_the_sheepskin_trail.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813192108/http://co.fayette.pa.us/ParksandTrails/Documents/building_the_sheepskin_trail.pdf | archive-date=2011-08-13}}</ref>
== History and Future == === History === In 1997, a feasibility study was completed and in 2007, the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line was purchased and Phase 1, which cost $647,927,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_569558.html |title=Sheepskin Trail opens this week - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=2010-12-09 |archive-date=2010-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603191807/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_569558.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was opened in May 2008.
=== Future === Plans are still being worked out at this time to construct the trail further towards Uniontown, the county seat, and then further to Point Marion, as funding becomes available.
== See also == * List of rail trails in Pennsylvania
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