Editing Danville, Pennsylvania (section)

==Recreation==
The borough council is a partner of the Montour Area Recreation Commission. They hope to attract state funding to study recreational opportunities along the Susquehanna River.<ref>North, Jamie, "Recreation group enlists borough", ''The Daily Item'', July 11, 2007.</ref> Hess Field is a park located on Meadow Lane.

The Montour Area Recreation Commission (MARC) led a local volunteer effort to clear the abandoned towpath of the North Branch Canal along the [[Susquehanna River]]. A mile of the towpath was cleared, permitting biking, walking and running near the Danville Soccer Park. The [[canal]] is over 200 years old. It was an important part of the region's transportation system. Canal boats and rafts moved farm produce, lumber and people up and down the river.<ref>North, Jamie, [http://www.dailyitem.com/archivesearch/local_story_188211640.html "Recreation Commission Reviving towpath"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120730081935/http://www.dailyitem.com/archivesearch/local_story_188211640.html |date=2012-07-30 }}, ''The Daily Item'', July 7, 2007.</ref> This is part of a greenway effort to develop recreation and commercial opportunities along the river. The long-term vision is to create a regional trail that connects [[Northumberland, Pennsylvania|Northumberland]] to [[Catawissa, Pennsylvania|Catawissa]] and on to [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania]].

Running through the outskirts of Danville, the J. Manley Robbins trail is alleged to be the oldest documented rail-trail in the United States. The former railroad line for the "Montour," a 10-ton narrow gauge locomotive used for carrying iron ore between deposits and furnaces, the line was converted to a bicycle path in 1890s.  The original one mile railbed trail section now connects with adjacent additional trails and recreation amenities near the Mahoning Creek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://susquehannagreenway.org/danville |title=Danville |publisher=Susquehanna Greenway |access-date=2013-10-03}}</ref>