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2001 — 2026
Every figure below belongs to the organization that published it, in the year it published it. The counts conflict because the counters count different things — paved multi-use trail, all trails, trails and sidepaths, Allen County or the city alone, connected miles or total miles — and this ledger carries the series as stated rather than averaging it into a number nobody published.
2001: about 18 miles of trails and greenways in the area (Fort Wayne Trails' own retrospective). 2006: just over 34 miles of trails in Allen County, in the Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council's first inventory of the county's trails and sidewalks. October 2011: 66 miles, of which about 50 were connected as a single network (Fort Wayne Trails). 2012: 68 miles (Fort Wayne Trails). 2014: 81 miles in Allen County, of which the City maintained 59 — 73 percent (City of Fort Wayne). 2018: 107.5 miles total across Fort Wayne, Allen County, New Haven, Huntertown, Grabill, Leo-Cedarville and Monroeville, of which 75 were connected (City Greenways Manager Dawn Ritchie, to Input Fort Wayne). 2021: 124 miles in Allen County (Fort Wayne Trails). 2024: "over 135 miles of paved, multi-use trails in Allen County" (Fort Wayne Trails sponsorship packet). January 2025: a 148-mile Allen County trail network (Fort Wayne Trails, announcing the 2024 counts). End of 2025: nearly 163 miles (NIRCC's inventory series, from its Spring 2026 report). April 2026: 165 miles in the Greater Fort Wayne Area Trails Network, with 110 miles inside city limits (City of Fort Wayne; the City's trails page gives 111 miles inside city limits in the same period). The trend is not in dispute; only the tape measures differ.
Sources: One Lucky Guitar, "Creating the Fort Wayne Trails Logo" (27 Sep 2011) — "In 2001 there were around 18 miles… As of October 2011, that number grew to 66 miles… About 50 of those are connected." NIRCC, Transportation Times, Spring 2026 — 2006 inventory, "just over 34 miles of trails throughout Allen County"; "By the end of 2025, there were nearly 163 miles of trails!" Fort Wayne Trails media alert (19 Oct 2012) — "There are currently 68 miles of trails." AroundFortWayne (6 May 2014) — "the 81 miles of trails in Allen County… The City maintains 59 miles." Input Fort Wayne (18 Apr 2018) — "our community has 107.5 mile of trails total… 75 miles are connected," per Ritchie. Smart Living Fort Wayne (26 Apr 2021) — "the 124 miles of trail in Allen County," per Executive Director Megan McClellan. Fort Wayne Trails, 2024 Sponsorship Packet — "over 135 miles of paved, multi-use trails in Allen County." Fort Wayne Trails (22 Jan 2025) — "the 148-mile Allen County trail network." City of Fort Wayne, Engage and Trails pages (Apr 2026) — "the Greater Fort Wayne Area Trails Network consists of 165 miles of trails, with 110 miles inside City limits"; Trails page, "more than 165 miles… 111 miles inside City limits."