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9/11 National Memorial Trail
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September 11, 2001 – 2026

25 years.
1,500+ miles.
Three memorials.

The 9/11 National Memorial Trail connects the three September 11th memorials. Here is September across all three — and how to ride the route yourself.

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September, across three memorials

Each memorial, with our ride and that site’s own observances together. Two of the three ceremonies on September 11 are closed to the general public — Shanksville is open all week.

A reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial, water falling down its walls toward the void at the centre, with the plaza's trees and the towers of Lower Manhattan behind it.

New York City

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Photo: Matt Harris
The white marble Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial, seen across a meadow of black-eyed Susans and daisies, with visitors on the walkway and a treeline behind.

Shanksville, PA

Flight 93 National Memorial

Photo: NPS/Brendan Wilson
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm

    Honoring the Forty Through Art

    Twenty artists create chalk portraits of the forty passengers and crew of Flight 93.

    Open to the publicDetails at Flight 93 National Memorial
  • 8:30am – 10:30am

    Morning Observance

    The names of the Flight 93 passengers and crew are read at the Wall of Names, with the Bells of Remembrance.

    Open to the publicDetails at Flight 93 National Memorial
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm

    Honoring the Forty Through Art: Chalk Portrait Display

    The chalk portraits of the forty passengers and crew stay on display at the visitor center.

    Open to the publicDetails at Flight 93 National Memorial
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm

    Afternoon Ceremony

    Remarks, keynote speakers and music, closing with a public wreath laying at the Wall of Names.

    Open to the publicDetails at Flight 93 National Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial's gravel plaza, its cantilevered benches set among young trees, with the Pentagon's limestone facade rising beyond the perimeter fence.

Arlington, VA

Pentagon Memorial

  • Visitor Education Center groundbreaking

    Ground is broken on the Pentagon Memorial's Visitor Education Center, the day before the anniversary.

    Access not yet announcedDetails at Pentagon Memorial

Ride it yourself

You do not have to ride 1,500+ miles. Most people start with one segment near them.

Off-road
857 mi
On-road
834 mi
Signed end to end
Pennsylvania

The route across Pennsylvania is now signposted end to end, so it is a trail you can follow rather than a line on a map. The rest of the corridor is signed as agreements land.

Plan a routeBrowse by stateDownload the route (KML)

Where were you?

Twenty-five years on, the people who do not remember that day outnumber the people who do. Both ways of meeting it matter.

Share where you wereRead the timeline of that day

Help finish it

51% of the route is off-road today. The rest is the work — securing the grants, the permits and the agreements that turn road miles into trail.

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