HEART TRAILS DAY & NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT
Wiles Hill Community Center, 287 Eureka Drive, Morgantown, WV
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 10:00AM-8:00PM
Morgantown’s Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners (BOPARC) and the Mon River Trails Conservancy are partnering for a full day of love for the rail-trails and our community! Join in a day of fun at the Wiles Hill Community Center. Meet your neighbors, support local partners, and enjoy FREE activities for all ages. All are welcome- bring a friend and come LOVE where you live!
HEART TRAILS MONTH ART WORKSHOPS
Linocut Valentines at Studio 287, 10:00AM-Noon Create a linocut design and print valentines for one or more of the rail-trails that make up the P2P Trail Corridor and other loves in your life. The rail-trails include the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Great Allegheny Passage, Sheepskin Trail, Mon River Rail-Trail, Marion County Rail-Trail, West Fork River Rail-Trail, Harrison North Rail-Trail, and North Bend Rail-Trail. Limit of 16 participants
Fused Glass Tree Workshop at Studio 287, 2:00PM-8:00PM Assemble a fused glass tree and write a message of love to your favorite rail-trail on the base of your tree. Limit of 16 participants at a time.
Your valentine creations will be used to help spread the love for the rail-trails. The fused glass trees and will be displayed at the WV Outdoor Economy Summit and Outdoor Recreation Day in Charleston and later at Wiles Hill in March. You can either donate them or arrange pick up at the community center in March.
EMPTY BOWLS WORKSHOP– 10:00AM-Noon & 2:00-8:00PM
Get creative and give back! Beginners welcome. Hand-build or throw a bowl in the clay studio- donations benefit Empty Bowls of Monongalia.
LUNCH & LEARN: COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN SERIES
1:00PM-2:00PM Join community physician Jan Palmer for a discussion on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and how it is more than just the “winter blues.” Participants receive a free $5 BOPARC gift card to use toward a wellness or art class! Lunch available at Eureka Cafe.
LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE RAIL-TRAIL MOVEMENT
Film Screening of From Rails to Trails, Screening times- 11:00AM, 3:00PM, 5:00PM, and 7:00PM in the Debora D. Palmer Gallery. Watch the PBS documentary on the rail-trail movement with a Q&A after the film with Executive Director of the Mon River Trails Conservancy, Ella Belling. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: the struggle to convert thousands of miles of abandoned railroads into trails for walking, running, and biking. 56 minutes in length.
LIVE MUSIC
Enjoy the acoustic sounds of Morgantown favorite musician Chris Haddox 6:00-8:00PM
BASKETBALL- OPEN GYMNASIUM
Shoot around-time: Grades 5-8: 3:00-5:00PM
Shoot around-time: Grades K-4: 5:15-7:15PM
HEART TRAILS FEBRUARY
WRITE A LOVE LETTER
Tell your favorite rail-trail how you really feel! Pick a favorite trail on the Parkersburg to Pittsburgh Trail Corridor and show your love! These include- Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Great Allegheny Passage, Sheepskin Trail, Mon River Rail-Trail, Marion County Rail-Trail, West Fork River Rail-Trail, Harrison North Rail-Trail, and North Bend Rail-Trail. Messages will be shared unless you want to keep it a secret love.
https://www.p2ptrails.org/love-letters
For inspiration, here is Amy Camp’s valentine message- Hello, GAP! Have I ever told you how “great” you are? When I think about my personal trail story (not to mention the story of my career), you’ve always been there for me. I have the privilege of working with trails across Appalachia and beyond, but you were the very first to show me the awesome potential of trails and how they can transform communities and peoples’ lives…mine included. Thank you!
