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 they make for a wonderful experience along the banks of the Hudson River.
The Joseph B. Clark Trail travels between Greenbush Road and Oak Tree Road, traversing neighborhoods, the village of Sparkill and forested areas. There are bridges over, and viaducts under, busy highways and roads, with some street-level crossings to be cautious of. Northeast of Sparkhill village the trail links up with the
Old Erie Path along Piermont Avenue.
To reach the Oak Tree Road endpoint in Tappan, from the Palisades Interstate Parkway, take Exit 5 South to U.S. Route 303. Turn left onto Oak Tree Road. There is a small parking lot on the left for trail users.
To reach the Greenbush Road endpoint in Orangeburg, from the Palisades Interstate Parkway, take Exit 6 East onto County Route 20, West Orangeburg Road. Turn right onto County Route 15/Western Highway. Turn left onto Highview Avenue. Turn right onto Greenbush Road. Enter the Lowes store parking lot. There is parking for trail users in the northeast corner of the parking lot.
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Rail Trail in Blauvelt to be Completed: Great news! The Town has long sought NYS support for the completion of the much-loved J.B. Clark Rail Trail, specifically the section that would run between Lowes in Orangeburg and the Blauvelt Library. We recently ...
J.B. Clarke Rail Trail 5 Fun Run The 6TH annual JBC 5 Fun Run will be held on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 9:00am. The run will begin and end on the trail in down-town sparkill. This non-competitive event will not offfer awards, but will include accurate ...