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  Rivergate Trail

  Rail-Trail

  

  State: NY
  Length: 30.2 miles
  Surface: Dirt, Grass, Gravel

  Note: The Rivergate trail is closed from Theresa to English Settlement Road because of a washout. Contact the Rivergate Wheelers for updated information.
  The Rivergate Trail, also called the Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail, stretches from Acheson's Crossing at State Route 11 in Philadelphia, New York, west to Clayton. A second spur runs north from Theresa to Redwood. The trail occupies the former Penn Central Railroad and is also popular with ATVs and snowmobiles.
  The 30-mile Rivergate Trail traverses farmland and forest and is maintained by several local ATV clubs, as well as the Thousand Islands Land Trust.
  

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  Black River Trail

  Rail-Trail

  

  State: NY
  Length: 3.5 miles
  Surface: Asphalt

  The Black River Trail follows part of an abandoned segment corridor of the NY Central Railroad. The trail runs for 3.5 miles between the village of Black River and Watertown, following along the south bank of the scenic river, where you'll see two power dams.
  To extend this trail about 0.75 mile, head right out of the parking lot along Route 3, then turn left onto Remington Street, then left at the stop sign, and at the bottom of the hill (before crossing the bridge) turn right to Poors Island. Around this island are many dams and old mill structures—paper mills from the turn of the century. Orion Power has converted one of these structures into a covered picnic site on the northeast side of the island. There is a dirt trail on the island's south side and a gravel road on the north side.
  Note, there is another Black River Trail that runs north–sourth along the western edge of the Adirondack Mountains.