North County Trailway:
New York
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Description:
The North County Trailway is a paved pathway located primarily on right of way lands of the former Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad. The "Old Put" as it was fondly referred to by commuters provided frieght and passenger service from 1881 to 1958 between the Bronx in New York City and Brewster in Putnam County.

The trail is noted for its lack of steep grades and arrowlike geometry. There are emergency call boxes and in the summer Westchester County has rangers on bikes patroling. There are historic markers at all the old station stops as the trail landscape changes from dense woodland to urban built up areas.

To the north, the North County Trailway connects with the Putnam Trailway in lower Putnam County; to the south, the North County Trailway will someday connect with the South County Trailway in Westchester County.

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Reviews: [2 trail ratings]
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North County Trailway
By ann on August 24, 2010
Now that the trail has been extended 2.5 miles, we figured out how to start from the new part of the trail. Take the Metro North to Brewster, NY, make a left out of the train station onto N. Main St and then bear left onto Rt. 6. After a couple of miles go under a tressle; make a left onto Tilly Foster Rd, a left onto Old Mine Rd. and a right onto the trail. The new section is beautiful - scenic & much more hilly than the rest. There are hiking trails to the right after the lake too. From Brewster to Brooklyn is about 80 miles so we stay at either the Budget Motor Inn on Rt. 6 in Mahopac (1 block from the trail) or the Ardsley Acres Hotel Court - just open the door in the fence to get there!. This way we can enjoy the trail for a couple of days, including the wood bridge over Croton Reservoir, the towns of Brewster, Carmel, Mahopac, Yorktown Heights, Millwood, Pleasantville, Tarrytown, Ardsley, and of course the peace & quiet of the woods, bunnies, ponds & deer. This trail keeps getting better!

Ann
Trail extended!
By giantstaper on May 22, 2010
This trail has been extended! It now starts in carmel and runs 3+ miles into Maophac. Great job on the trail construction and lets hope more trails get funding for more miles. This whole trail is beautiful and goes through some nice towns. The weekend of May 22 there were Boy Souts volentering their time to construct bike racks on the trail parking lots. Great community job boys!!! The lemonade was good and i hope you raised alot of money.
Geoff Miller, ride a trail, write a review!!
Rode from 117 and the Taconic to Ketchiwan, and back, yesterday
By vneva on September 30, 2009
The trail bits are very beautiful. The trail is pretty well shelterd from the wind. The bit where the trail is shared with NY 100, from Briarcliff towards Millwood, is a bit challenging. Traffic moves at 55+ along this bit and there are two crossings of this road required. If I were to do it again I would start in Millwood and ride north to miss the bit shared with NY 100. YMMV.
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