Rail-Trail
State: PA Length: 5 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Back Mountain Trail, originally built by lumber and ice king Albert Lewis of Wyoming Valley 115 years ago, was acquired by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1887. Lumber, ice, leather goods and anthracite coal were milled, tanned, mined and ...
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: PA Length: 5.40 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone
The Big Pocono Trail is located in Big Pocono State Park, mainly a mountaintop park, which means much of the 8.5 miles of trails here have steep grades. Along with hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians are permitted on the South Trail and ...
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: 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: PA Length: 3 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Grass
From the Country side Conservancy: "Countryside Conservancy has completed a feasibility study on developing the Trolley Trail between Clarks Summit and Factoryville. This right-of-way is already being used in places by neighbors who know it ...
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: PA Length: 13.80 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt
NOTE: Currently, this section of the Delaware and Lehigh (D & L) National Heritage Corridor is open but not all of the trail is improved; trail users are cautioned to travel at their own risk. In addition, the trail is obstructed at Glen Summit ...
State: PA Length: 25.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
When coal was discovered in Summit Hill in the late 1700s, a rush of development ensued in the Lehigh Valley. Josiah White and the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company constructed a series of dams and canals in the early 1800s to move coal to ...
State: PA Length: 38 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Gravity Railroad conducted a 3-mile test of the first steam locomotive in the U.S. in August 1829, which ran from the towns of Honesdale to Seeleyville, Pennsylvania, and discovered that the train was too heavy for ...
State: PA Length: 14 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt
The local riding club enjoyed this former rail line, which was purchased in 1944 for a dollar from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, as a bridle trail for many years. It changed management over the years, and currently has no official ...
State: PA Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt
The Forks Township Recreation Trail follows the an old right-of-way of the former Lehigh & New England Railroad. Starting at the trail's midpoint behind the Riverview Country Club in Easton, you'll find a smooth, paved section for 0.5 mile through ...
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: 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: NJ Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Cinder, Dirt
The Karamac Trail is a short walking trail that starts under the Interstate 80 bridge on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The trail follows an old railroad right-of-way; there is a railroad mile marker just a few yards from the southern ...
State: PA Length: 12 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The multi-use Lackawanna River Heritage Trail (LRHT) follows Pennsylvania's Lackawanna River and when complete will be more than 40 miles. The trail begins at the confluence of the Lackawanna and Susquehanna rivers in Pittston, southwest of ...
State: NY Length: 2.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Liberty Rail Trail extends about 2.5 miles through the village of Liberty, NY, between Chestnut Street/SR 52 (near West Street) and the old rail trestle in Ferndale. The trail occupies a portion of a former railroad corridor once owned by ...
State: PA Length: 1.80 miles Surface: Cinder, Concrete, Gravel
Tracing about two miles of riverfront today, this trail eventually will form a 16-mile pathway along an active railway. Chain link fencing separates the tracks from the trail. In downtown Pittston, the flat rail-trail intersects with a path ...
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: 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: 7.50 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass
Three segments of the O&W Rail-Trail are open to the public within the Town of Fallsburg: Mountaindale to Woodridge, 2.7 miles; Woodridge toward South Fallsburg, 1.8 miles; South Fallsburg to Hurleyville), 3 miles. When complete, the trail will ...
State: PA Length: 8 miles Surface: Dirt, Gravel
There are two trails named the O&W: one in New York and this one in Pennsylvania. Although the trail stretches 32 miles (as shown on the map), only the first 8 miles of trail (from Simpson to Stillwater) are managed by the Northeast Pennsylvania ...
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: 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: PA Length: 2 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass
The Penobscot Ridge Mountain Bike Area encompasses the large reclaimed areas of land to the south of Wanamie and the conservation lands of Penobscot Ridge. The combination of existing trails on the site, interesting vegetation, open fields, ...
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: PA Length: 6.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
From 1880 until well into the 20th century, Bangor and Portland Railway steam locomotives plied this corridor and others in the region, providing essential transportation services for the nearby quarries. Conrail bought the Plainfield Township ...
State: PA Length: 10.80 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
This Susquehanna Warrior Trail is nestled in the beautiful Susquehanna River Valley, lush with green meadows and surrounding mountain peaks. Eventually the trail will cover 18.5 miles, but now it totals about 10 miles in loosely connected sections. ...
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: 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: 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: 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 ...