Rode today with my wife and adult son. Beautiful day, and trail is excellent.

Signage coming into Rome traveling east, or leaving Rome traveling west, is non-existent. Expect to travel on busy city roads. Trail Links is a bit better than the Erie Canalway booklet in navigating this, but it’s still a challenge. Lots of construction in Utica and the trail east of Leland Ave is closed.

We rode from Millerton to Wassaic and back last Saturday. All paved. Very scenic. Flat. Not much bike or walking traffic. Look forward to completing the other way to Hillsdale. Enough shady areas to make this a good trail later on in the summer.

Very flat and straight 3.1 mile each way paved trail. No shade. Follows train tracks alongside Ballston Lake. Parking lot just past trail head at north end.

This is my go to bike trail. So peaceful and relaxing.

Beautiful day to go for a ride. It was nice to see so many people out.

the small stone surface on top of rough tar results in constant vibration and absorbs energy making travel difficult. A local indicated the trail was completed last year - it is clear they have no concept of how to make a bike trail.

After all the hype I was disappointed. So I’m in the minority, I can live with that but perhaps the realistic preview will be valuable to some. I’ve been on other non-asphalt smooth paths but this was was really crunchy in a hybrid bike. Might do again on a mountain or gravel bike. Or just walk.

The trail is great! My husband & I rode it thus weekend and discovered that they have recently completed it north from Millerton so both sections are now connected!