Rail-Trail
State: NJ Length: 2 miles Surface: Concrete, Sand
The 2-mile Bayshore Trail is known as the Atlantic Highlands segment of the Henry Hudson Trail. It extends from the marina on 1st Avenue in Atlantic Highlands to the end of Bayside Drive in Highlands, following an abandoned rail corridor along ...
State: NJ Length: 2.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The 2.8-mile eastern phase of the Bedminster Hike and Bikeway allows pedestrians and cyclists to safely traverse part of Bedminster Township by crossing over I-287 and US 206/202 via a series of three bridges. The trail runs between The Hills ...
State: NJ Length: 2.10 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder
The Berkshire Valley Management Area Trail passes through hardwood forests and affords views of the valley below to the right. Equestrians must have a NJ Wildlife Permit, which is available from NJ DEP for a fee. What is now the trail was once ...
State: NY Length: 12.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Bethpage Bikeway is one of Long Island's most popular trails. It connects Merrick Road in Massapequa with Bethpage State Park, and includes additional trail north to Trail View State Park in Woodbury. There are a few parkway exit crossings ...
State: NJ Length: 2.30 miles Surface: Dirt
In the mid 1800s Chester, New Jersey, was the home of the iron ore industry; railroads shipped the ore all over the county. With the end of the industry, however, the rail lines were abandoned, turned into trails, and the area is now managed ...
State: NJ Length: 4 miles Surface: Ballast
This trail goes through the Black River Wildlife Management area along streambeds and forest. Equestrians must have a NJ Wildlife Permit, which is available from NJ DEP for a fee. The trail follows the right-of-way of the former Chester Branch ...
State: NJ Length: 2.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
This 2.1-mile long paved path runs directly adjacent to (about 30-40 feet off of) the Boulevard in Mountain Lakes, NJ, and follows the exact route of a former trolley line operated by the Morris County Traction Company. While more similar to ...
State: NY Length: 12 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Grass
The Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway is a 12-mile linear park that runs from the town of Ossining north to Westchester County's Blue Mountain Reservation in Peekskill. The trail is built on land orginally acquired in 1929 by the Westchester Parkway ...
State: NY Length: 16.30 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete, Dirt
The Bronx River Greenway will one day stretch 23 miles along the river through New York's Westchester and Bronx counties. Currently, about 16 miles of the trail are complete in disconnected segments largely paralleling the Bronx River Parkway. ...
State: PA Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Buckwha Creek Trail is a 4.5 mile rail-trail that is equally in Monroe Co. and Carbon Co. The eastern part of the trail, in Monroe Co. is owned by Eldred Township and is maintained by the Kunkletown Rod and Gun Club and is in fairly good ...
State: NJ Length: 3.70 miles Surface: Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This is a pleasant, flat trail that parallels the Capoolong Creek.
State: NJ Length: 11.30 miles Surface: Asphalt, Ballast, Concrete, Crushed Stone
The Columbia Trail strings together forests, farms and parklands as it stretches 11 miles among the small towns of High Bridge, Califon and Long Valley. Most of the corridor parallels the South Branch of the Raritan River. After passenger trains ...
State: NY Length: 3.10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Cross Island Parkway Trail closely follows its namesake thoroughfare through northeastern Queens. From its northern end, you will soon enter Little Bay Park, which offers lovely views of the Throgs Neck Bridge and the bay. If you get thirsty ...
State: NY Length: 1 miles Surface: Cinder, Gravel
The City of Port Jervis is the latest community to save a portion of the former D&H Canal and turn it into a greenway for use by residents and visitors. A section of the canal, which is approximately one mile long, has been cleared and opened ...
State: NY Length: 4.70 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The D&H Canal Linear Park is 45 acres with a trail situated along the historic D&H Canal. Remains of the original locks, dry dock and waste weirs are visible from the towpath trail. Interpretive signs are located in the park to assist the visitor ...
State: NY Length: 1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
Owned by the County of Orange and maintained by the Orange County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, the D&H Canal Park is a 300-acre park with a one mile section of the Delaware and Hudson Canal (1825-1898) and a number of historic ...
State: NY Length: 6 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass
The Bashakill Wildlife Management Area is located on the Orange County-Sullivan County border just south of Wurtsboro, New York. It consists of over 3,000 acres of wetlands and uplands which were acquired by the New York State Department of ...
State: NJ Length: 68 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Gravel
Note: Periodically parts of the trail become impassable from floods and other damage. For updates on trail conditions, visit the Canal State Park website. The Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail follows the towpath of the canal, which ...
State: NY Length: 10.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel
As of 2012, the Dutchess Rail Trail is nearly complete, extending between Morgan Lake in Poughkeepsie and the restored Hopewell Depot in Hopewell Junction. Currently, the trail is in two segments: A 2.4-mile segment runs between Overocker Road ...
State: NY Length: 3.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
The East River Bikeway is part of the larger Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, which incorporates the Hudson River Greenway the Harlem River Greenway and the East River Esplanade (the latter two coming soon to TrailLink.com). Together the four ...
State: NY Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Eastern Parkway Trail is a 2-mile route along a tree-lined boulevard in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood. The path begins at Prospect Park, which houses some of Brooklyn's most popular attractions, including the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn ...
State: NY Length: 2.70 miles Surface: Woodchips
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk follows Staten Island's eastern shore from Miller Field -- a recreational area for sports, picnicking and bird watching -- to Fort Wadsworth. Highlights of the trail include spectacular views of the Verrazano ...
State: NJ Length: 3 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt
This trail is in an area rich in geological history. Zinc and Iron Ores were transported along this branch from mines in the area that operated for over 200 years. The trail is scenic with a slight uphill climb. In Ogdensburg you can experience ...
State: NJ Length: 24 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel, Sand
The 22-mile trail traverses a relatively flat grade, traveling through a varied urban and natural environment. The tree-lined trail passes among wetlands, streams and fields and is divided into two sections: the northern and southern sections. ...
State: NY Length: 11.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Much of the Heritage Trail, a.k.a. the Orange Heritage Trail, sails past wide fields of corn and wheat. The right-of-way is 11.5 miles, but a gap in the west end creates two distinct trails, a 9.1-mile paved section and a 2.4-mile unpaved segment. ...
State: NY Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Ballast, Concrete, Grass
Start spreading the news about New York City's innovative new public park. The High Line rail-trail is an urban marvel, stretching 1.5 miles and towering almost 30 feet above street level through several neighborhoods in the lower west side ...
State: NY Length: 4.90 miles Surface: Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
While not a "rail-trail," the Hook Mountain/Nyack Beach Bikeway is a very scenic trail along the Hudson River in Rockland County. The southern half of this trail is flat and runs right along the river at sea level. It is wheelchair accessible ...
State: NY Length: 11 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
By far the biggest car-free bicycle and pedestrian path New York City has ever seen, the Hudson River Greenway is a continuous 11-mile route between Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan and the Little Red Lighthouse underneath the George ...
State: NJ Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Concrete
The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway is a 1.5 mile walkway along the bank of the Hudson River in Jersey City. The walkway offers stunning views of Manhattan as well as access to a number of ferries and hotels.
State: NY Length: 2.20 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Hutchinson River Greenway offers a convenient alternative to the Hutchinson River Parkway, which it closely follows. Although adjacent to the busy thoroughfare, trees have been planted along the route to help beautify the path and trail-goers ...
State: NY Length: 10 miles Surface: Dirt
The Hyde Park Trail is a 10-mile system connecting national historic sites, town parks and nature preserves in Hyde Park, New York. The trail connects the national historic sites of Vanderbilt Mansion, Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor ...
State: NY Length: 1 miles Surface: Dirt, Gravel, Woodchips
The John Kieran Nature Trail is a short loop that borders Van Cortlandt Lake and its associated wetlands. It is a wonderful site for bird-watching. The trail also passes several sites of significance including an old cemetery and the 67-acre ...
State: NY Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
NOTE: This trail and Jones Beach Park have been extensively damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Both remain closed indefinitely. Refer to the NY State Parks website for more information. The Jones Beach Bikeway (also known as the Ellen Farrant Memorial ...
State: NY Length: 2 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt
The Jones Point Path occupies an abandoned motor vehicle route (old US Route 9W). The path provides bicyclists with a relatively safe bypass to a dangerous section of busy US Route 9W near Bear Mountain, NY. It also serves as a connecting trail ...
State: NY Length: 2.80 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
These three contiguous trails—the Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail, Old Erie Path and Joseph B. Clarke Trail—occupy the former right-of-way of the Erie Railroad's Nyack and Piermont Branch. Each trail is fairly short but taken together ...
State: NY Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Kings Park Hike & Bike Trail runs for 1.5 miles between Old Dock Road at Church Street in Kings Park and Nissequogue River State Park. The trail is a town of Smithtown park and follows an abandoned railroad corridor that was once an old ...
State: NJ Length: 3.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Kingston Branch Loop Trail is a trip up one side and down the other of the scenic tree-lined Delaware and Raritan Canal. The eastern half of the loop follows the bed of the Rocky Hill Railroad and Transportation Company, which began operation ...
State: NY Length: 1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Klara Sauer Trail (formerly known as the Beacon Riverside Trail) runs for 1 mile along the Hudson River on the west side of New York's village of Beacon. The trail occupies the same corridor as the live commuter rail, between the Beacon ...
State: NJ Length: 1.80 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Landsdown Trail runs 1.8 miles between Lower Landsdown Road and W. Main in Clinton. The trail passes among open fields, woodlands and wetlands and provides access to the South Branch of the Raritan River for those wishing to drop a line ...
State: NJ Length: 18.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail currently runs for nearly 12 miles on public and private lands in Lawrence and Hopewell townships, Mercer County, New Jersey. The bicycle and pedestrian recreational trail will actually be a loop when completed and ...
State: NJ Length: 7 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Grass
The system of trails in Loantaka Brook Reservation are open to hikers, cyclists and equestrians, although the trails are marked as to which uses are permitted on each segment. Loantaka Brook Reservation has four distinct areas: Seaton Hackney ...
State: PA Length: 32 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail is named after a former member of Congress from the area known for his dedication to public lands. The trail, located within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, offers diverse views of the ...
State: NJ Length: 3.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The 3.5-mile Middlesex Greenway connects the towns of Edison, Metuchen, and Woodbridge in northeastern New Jersey. The paved pathway, which follows the route of the former Lehigh Valley Railroad freight line, is part of the East Coast Greenway, ...
State: NJ Length: 2 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
In the early 1830s the Morris Canal opened across northern New Jersey, from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Newark, and later to Jersey City on the Hudson River. It provided a thoroughfare for the county's farm products to reach metropolitan ...
State: NY Length: 22.10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The North County Trailway is the longest of the four connected rail-trails breathing new life into the former New York Central Railroad's Putnam Division line. The "Old Put" provided passenger and freight service between New York City and Brewster, ...
State: CT Length: 4.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
When completed, the Norwalk River Vally Trail will run from Long Island Sound to Danbury, about 27 miles. To date, disjointed sections are complete in Norwalk and Wilton.
State: NY Length: 4.80 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Ocean Parkway Trail closely follows its eponymous thoroughfare nearly 5 miles through several Brooklyn neighborhoods, ending only a block from the popular Coney Island boardwalk. Those traveling with children will enjoy the many playgrounds ...
State: NJ Length: 2.70 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt
This trail is located in the Mahlon Dickerson Reservation which is a unit of the Morris County Park Commission. The trail follows an abandoned railroad bed through hardwood forests, past ponds, swamps and wetlands. At the southern end, the trail ...
State: NY Length: 26.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete, Dirt
The Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park follows the route of the Old Croton Aqueduct, which carried water to New York City from 1842 to 1955. Most of the structure lies beneath the trail and has been designated a National Historic Landmark. ...
State: NY Length: 3 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
These three contiguous trails—the Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail, Old Erie Path and Joseph B. Clark Trail—occupy the former right-of-way of the Erie Railroad's Nyack and Piermont Branch. Each trail is fairly short but taken together ...
State: NY Length: 2.20 miles Surface: Dirt
Fahnestock State Park is a relatively undiscovered gems in the New York State Park System. Located a few miles east of Cold Spring Village on Rt. 301 (Main Street), the park jurisdiction was recently expanded to include almost 10,000 acres of ...
State: NY Length: 1.25 miles Surface: Cinder, Dirt, Grass
Splayed over 1,146 acres in northwest Bronx, Van Cortlandt Park has a lot going on. The park is New York City's fourth largest and is home to the oldest municipal golf course in America. There are playgrounds, walking trails, running tracks, ...
State: NJ Length: 0.90 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Oxford Bikeway is a .9 mile long pave trail constructed on an abandoned railroad right-of-way. The trail can be accessed at three points. To the north the trail ends at Pequest Road, however there is no place to park a car at this location. ...
State: NY Length: 3.20 miles Surface: Cinder
This rustic unpaved trail, just over three miles in length, runs along a route formerly used by the New York, Ontario, & Western Railway's Main Line through Parksville in Sullivan County, NY. The trail is identified on some web-based interactive ...
State: NJ Length: 35 miles Surface: Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Patriots' Path covers roughly 35 miles of terrain and is open to mountain biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing and hiking. The multi-use trails links parks, open space, recreational facilities, historic sites and other points of ...
State: NJ Length: 27 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass
For a dose of rural scenery, head to the northwest corner of New Jersey, where this 27-mile rail-trail cuts a nearly uninterrupted path along the banks of the Paulins Kill, a Delaware River tributary that gives the trail its name. (Kill is from ...
State: NJ Length: 4.20 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel
This trail is much better suited to walking than to biking. It provides excellent access to the Pequest River which is stocked with trout. Not all of the bridges across the river have been decked and consist only of the original railroad ties. ...
State: NY Length: 11 miles Surface: Asphalt
The final passenger cars of the Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad ran in 1958, but the rail line that so influenced development of this area still sparks nostalgia. The "Old Put" carried commuters from New York City north to Brewster, ...
State: NY Length: 0.10 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Quarry Trail is currently a 600-foot long unimproved strip of land along what is known as Quarry Road in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. The trail links Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park and Hastings-on-Hudson trails. Access ...
State: NY Length: 1.88 miles Surface: Asphalt
This project will convert an abandoned railroad spur from the New York State/New Jersey line to an existing bike/pedestrian trail along the Ramapo River as part of a larger trailway system. The trail corridor is located in the western end of ...
State: NJ Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Ramsey Bike Path is a recreational path built on the former Paterson to Suffern trolley line right-of-way. The path extends along a north-south route from one end of Ramsey to the other. Restaurants and shopping within walking distance from ...
State: NJ Length: 16 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Randolph Trail system covers 16 miles of pathways through five parks, the Clyde Potts Reservoir watershed and 2,000 acres of pristine open space. The trails link schools and neighborhoods and also connect to Patriots' Path at Combs Hollow ...
State: NY Length: 1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
State: CT Length: 2.30 miles Surface: Asphalt, Cinder
The Ridgefield Rail-Trail meanders for nearly 2.5 miles through the forested exburbs of Ridgefield, Connecticut. The trail passes among suburban acreages, along a creek at one point, and past a couple of the town's parks and open spaces, including ...
State: NJ Length: 7.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Saddle River Area Bike Path in Bergen County stretches for nearly 6 miles along a 577-acre linear park system that hugs the banks of the Saddle River and its tributaries. There are actually five park areas linked by the multi-use path, which ...
State: NY Length: 2 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Woodchips
A former right-of-way of the NY & NJ Railroad. Near historical Mount Ivy which was the center of a Quaker settlement in the 18th century. Hiking along railroad bed and wildlife observation and wetland ecology.
State: NY Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Shawangunk, Walden, and Wallkill Rail Trail is built on a railroad right-of-way that was abandoned by Conrail in the late 1970s. Conrail and its predecessors, Penn Central, New York Central, and The Wallkill Valley Railway, provided service ...
State: NY Length: 12.40 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Shore Parkway Greenway Trail is comprised of two disconnected segments along the New York Harbor that together offer more than 12 miles of paved pathway on Brooklyn's southern border. Between the two segments sits Coney Island, well-known ...
State: NY Length: 14.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The South County Trailway is a zippy paved trail heading north from Yonkers through the Hudson River Valley communities of Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington, Greenburgh and Elmsford. Popular with bike commuters seeking relief ...
State: NY Length: 2.60 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Several trails are found throughout Staten Island's Greenbelt system of trails but only one allows both cyclists and walkers, the Staten Island Greenbelt Multi-Purpose Trail. At 2.6 miles, the crushed gravel trail offers a nice jaunt for joggers, ...
State: NJ Length: 18 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Sussex Branch Trail got its start in the late 1840s as the narrow-gauge, mule-drawn Sussex Mine Railroad, whose primary purpose was hauling iron ore from the mines in Andover to Waterloo Village on the Morris Canal. The railroad was eventually ...
State: NY Length: 2.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt
Tallman Mountain State Park Bike Path is partially paved and bisects the Tallman Mountain State Park. The route provides a motor-vehicle-free way for bicyclists using US Route 9W to connect with downtown Piermont, New York. The park itself is ...
State: NJ Length: 7 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
DESCRIPTION: The Created by Union Forge Heritage Association in 2007,Taylor SteelWorkers Historical Greenway is a 7 mile trail that winds its way through High Bridge criss-crossing a number of historical sites and beautiful scenery. This is ...
State: NY Length: 6.50 miles Surface: Dirt
Just an hour north of New York City, the Timp-Torne Trail offers a scenic hike through Bear Mountain and Harriman State Parks with panoramic vistas of the Hudson River. The rugged blue-blazed trail travels along Dunderberg Mountain, The Timp ...
State: NJ Length: 3.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
In June 1986, the Morris County Park Commission dedicated this recreation trail that runs parallel to the New Jersey Transit Line railroad tracks. The path utilizes a little over three miles of right-of-way that might have been an overgrown, ...
State: NJ Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Trolley Line Trail is a 2.5 mile paved pathway between Rabbit Hill Road and Penn Lyle Road in West Windsor. The trail is on the right of way of the former Fast Line electric trolley that connected Trenton and New Brunswick in the early 20th ...
State: NY Length: 11 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Grass
Wallkill Valley Land Trust and Open Space Conservatory acquired 11.5 miles (65 acres) of the former Wallkill Valley Railroad in Ulster County. This acquisition has almost doubled the length of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail which occupies the ...
State: NY Length: 15.20 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Gravel
The 15-mile Wallkill Valley Rail Trail uses the old Wallkill Valley Railroad bed and extends from Rosendale at Route 213 through its halfway point in New Paltz to the Gardiner and Shawangunk town line. Since much of the corridor north of Rosendale ...
State: NJ Length: 2.84 miles Surface: Cinder, Gravel
The West Essex Trail follows a short distance (just under 3 miles) of the former rail bed of the Caldwell Branch on the old Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The trail runs between the Essex–Passiac county line in Little Falls and Arnold Way in ...
State: NJ Length: 0.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
A short rail trail with two covered bridges occupying a portion of the former Mount Hope Mineral Railroad right-of-way in Wharton, NJ. In the future this trail will be linked with the Rockaway Township segment of the Patriots' Path.
State: NY Length: 1.70 miles Surface: Woodchips
The White Plains Greenway is located on the former New York, Westchester & Boston Railway right-of-way, and extends from a City parking lot at Mamaroneck Avenue opposite Bloomingdale Road to the Scarsdale border. Several major streets intersect ...
State: NJ Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Wood Duck Nature Trail, appropriately named for the secretive duck, was made possible through the hard work and dedication of refuge volunteers. This beautiful trail now extends about 1.5 miles on a former railroad bed ending at the Wallkill ...