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D & H Canal Towpath

0.4 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone

D&L Trail

144.7 mi

State: PA

Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Parksville Rail Trail

1.3 mi

State: NY

Cinder

Sussex Branch Trail

21.2 mi

State: NJ

Cinder, Dirt, Grass

Trolley Trail (Lehigh Valley)

4.7 mi

State: PA

Boardwalk, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Back Mountain Trail

5.6 mi

State: PA

Crushed Stone

D & H Canal Trail - Bashakill Wildlife Management Area

5.7 mi

State: NY

Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass

D&H Rail Trail

39 mi

State: PA

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt

Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails

5.6 mi

State: PA

Crushed Stone

Iroquois Trail

1.8 mi

State: PA

Crushed Stone

Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail

31.2 mi

State: PA

Gravel

Lackawanna River Heritage Trail

17.9 mi

State: PA

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Luzerne County Levee Trail

12.8 mi

State: PA

Asphalt

Luzerne County National Recreation Trail

1.8 mi

State: PA

Cinder, Concrete, Gravel

Paulinskill Valley Trail

27 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Susquehanna Warrior Trail

12.3 mi

State: PA

Crushed Stone

Vestal Rail Trail

3.8 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

D & H Canal Park

0.6 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone

Endless Mountains Trail

9.2 mi

State: PA

Ballast, Dirt

Liberty Rail Trail

2.4 mi

State: NY

Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

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O&W Trail (PA)

32 mi

State: PA

Dirt, Gravel

Port Jervis Branch Trail

1 mi

State: NY

Cinder, Gravel

Sullivan O&W Rail Trail

20.65 mi

State: NY

Asphalt, Grass, Gravel

Karamac Trail

1.5 mi

State: NJ

Cinder, Dirt

Basha Kill Rail Trail (Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path)

5.5 mi

State: NY

Dirt, Grass

Trail Image	Trail Name	States	Length	Surface	Rating
	D & H Canal Towpath Although the D & H Canal Towpath is a short pathway (about 1 mile roundtrip), it offers scenic views of the Delaware and Hudson Canal and the Delaware River in Minisink Ford, New York. You’ll see the...	NY	0.4 mi	Crushed Stone	2 reviews
	D&L Trail The D&L Trail runs for more than 140 miles through Eastern Pennsylvania, from just north of Philadelphia to Mountain Top in the Poconos Region. It follows historical canal and railroad routes at the...	PA	144.7 mi	Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel	323 reviews
	Parksville Rail Trail The Parksville Rail Trail is the northernmost section of the Sullivan O&W Trail, which runs for 20.65 miles in Sullivan County in 7 distinct sections along the previous O&W Railroad Main Line and Port...	NY	1.3 mi	Cinder	10 reviews
	Sussex Branch Trail The Sussex Branch Trail is a 21.2-mile trail that runs between Branchville and Byram in northern New Jersey. Following a former railroad corridor, the surface of the unpaved trail is a mix of dirt,...	NJ	21.2 mi	Cinder, Dirt, Grass	42 reviews
	Trolley Trail (Lehigh Valley) The Trolley Trail uses a former interurban line to link several communities north of Scranton. The trail comprises two disconnected sections that total 4.7 miles, although the nonprofit Countryside...	PA	4.7 mi	Boardwalk, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass	8 reviews
	Back Mountain Trail The Back Mountain Trail runs between Luzerne and Dallas, Pennsylvania along the old Wilkes-Barre and Harveys Lake Railroad for 5.6 miles. About the Route The trail leaves off in the south from...	PA	5.6 mi	Crushed Stone	18 reviews
	D & H Canal Trail - Bashakill Wildlife Management Area 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...	NY	5.7 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass	5 reviews
	D&H Rail Trail In the forested and farm-dotted hills of Pennsylvania’s northeastern corner, the D&H trail runs 39 miles between the small town of Simpson and the state’s northern border. The crown jewel of the...	PA	39 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt	43 reviews
	Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails Like so many trails in this area, the Great Hazleton Rails to Trails occupies the former corridor of a railroad line that supported the local coal mining industry. After a half century of disuse, the...	PA	5.6 mi	Crushed Stone	19 reviews
	Iroquois Trail The Iroquois Trail is scenic and remote, stretching about 2 miles through Tunkhannock, a gateway community to the Endless Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania. The rail-trail follows the route of...	PA	1.8 mi	Crushed Stone	3 reviews
	Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail Note: With a surface of large-sized gravel, the trail is not recommended for road bikes or mountain bikes with no suspension. The Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail runs nearly the length of the...	PA	31.2 mi	Gravel	39 reviews
	Lackawanna River Heritage Trail The multi-use Lackawanna River Heritage Trail (LRHT) follows Pennsylvania's Lackawanna River and, when complete, will be more than 70 miles. The trail begins at the confluence of the Lackawanna and...	PA	17.9 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone	28 reviews
	Luzerne County Levee Trail The history of Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley is tied to the mighty Susquehanna River. From American Indian cultures and early European settlers to the cities that line the river’s shores today, people...	PA	12.8 mi	Asphalt	7 reviews
	Luzerne County National Recreation Trail Tracing nearly two miles of riverfront, the Luzerne County National Recreation Trail (also known as the Luzerne County Rail Trail) will eventually form a 16-mile pathway along an active railway. Chain...	PA	1.8 mi	Cinder, Concrete, Gravel	9 reviews
	Paulinskill Valley Trail The Paulinskill Valley Trail follows a creek by the same name through a section of rural New Jersey with a strong German influence. In fact, the word kill is Dutch for “riverbed or stream channel.”...	NJ	27 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass	73 reviews
	Susquehanna Warrior Trail 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...	PA	12.3 mi	Crushed Stone	26 reviews
	Vestal Rail Trail The Vestal Rail Trail runs for nearly four miles through the town of Vestal along an abandoned right-of-way once used by the Delaware–Lackawana & Western Railroad. Today, the 12-foot-wide trail is...	NY	3.8 mi	Asphalt	10 reviews
	D & H Canal Park The D & H Canal towpath is nestled within the 300-acre D & H Canal Park in the New York hamlet of Cuddebackville. The crushed-stone trail, stretching just over a half mile, is one section of a larger...	NY	0.6 mi	Crushed Stone	2 reviews
	Endless Mountains Trail 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...	PA	9.2 mi	Ballast, Dirt	4 reviews
	Liberty Rail Trail The Liberty Rail Trail is part of the Sullivan O&W Trail, which runs for 20.65 miles in Sullivan County in 7 distinct sections along the previous O&W Railroad Main Line and Port Jervis...	NY	2.4 mi	Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	4 reviews

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O&W Trail (PA) The O&W Trail (PA) stretches 32 miles throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. About the Route There are two trails named the O&W: one in New York and this one in Pennsylvania. Although the...	PA	32 mi	Dirt, Gravel	10 reviews
Port Jervis Branch Trail The Port Jervis Branch of the D & H Canal & Gravity Railroad Heritage Trail. The City of Port Jervis is one of several communities to rescue a portion of the former D&H Canal. A Aside from the...	NY	1 mi	Cinder, Gravel	4 reviews
Sullivan O&W Rail Trail The Sullivan O&W Trail runs for 20.65 miles in Sullivan County in 7 distinct sections along the NY O&W Railroad Main Line and Port Jervis-Kingston Branch rights-of-way. The Sullivan O&W Rail Trail...	NY	20.65 mi	Asphalt, Grass, Gravel	4 reviews
Karamac Trail The Karamac Trail is a short trail that follows 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...	NJ	1.5 mi	Cinder, Dirt	5 reviews
Basha Kill Rail Trail (Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path) The Basha Kill Rail Trail is part of the Sullivan O&W Trail, which runs for 20.65 miles in Sullivan County in 7 distinct sections along the previous O&W Railroad Main Line and Port Jervis...	NY	5.5 mi	Dirt, Grass	1 reviews

Recent Trail Reviews

Sullivan O&W Rail Trail

roots and railroad ties

October, 2025 by bettysaar

We decided to start across from the winery, and end our trip there. We went one way and hit roots and railroad ties immediately. We turned around and got the same. Needless to say, the winery was great. Would be a perfect hiking trail. It was beautiful.

Parksville Rail Trail

This trail is lovely there's a little water fall halfway through it we're the railing is and its beautiful

September, 2025 by fay.ridgeway05

This trail is lovely there's a little water fall halfway through it we're the railing is and its beautiful

Sullivan O&W Rail Trail

O&W mountaindale - ferndale

September, 2025 by kaiser

Nice scenic ride . The mountaindale side goes through several abandon like towns nice ride mostly dirt / cinders / crushed stone lots of nice scenery for about 3 miles then you end at the Neversink River where a bridge is out so you have to pedal 7 miles via road to hook up on the Fallsburg side which is paved ,nice trail for 4 miles . Would do again , tables , benches and bike tool areas . No road bike for gravel part

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Sussex Branch Trail

diverse & well maintained

August, 2025 by kjfhall61

The trail is ~ 20 miles in each direction. A good mix of paved, gravel, dirt — with minor sections that are “single track”’ish.

O&W Trail (PA)

dangerous

August, 2025 by saint2433

started in hancock went 6 miles on rocky dirt road then hit nothing but rocks and impassable biking . no warning signs. please do not attempt

D&H Rail Trail

Wife a I ride this rail trail every chance we get. Very easy ride. Always start in Simpson and ride north to the red caboose and loop back to Simpson. Best part there is a downward grade back to Simpson so it's a breeze with some great relaxation.

August, 2025 by tjs702

Wife a I ride this rail trail every chance we get. Very easy ride. Always start in Simpson and ride north to the red caboose and loop back to Simpson. Best part there is a downward grade back to Simpson so it's a breeze with some great relaxation.

D & H Canal Towpath

Lovely little trail

August, 2025 by nvpierro

Perfect for my elderly dog since we have not been on long walks for the past year. Beautiful scenery of the river, geese flying close to the water, a place to let your loved dog get close to and into the water, and places to sit and just enjoy nature!! Great for MAHA 15 minute walks!

D&L Trail

I started in bristol and made it to point pleasant so far. I've seen stuff I have never seen. I love riding this trail.

August, 2025 by mjbaker373

I started in bristol and made it to point pleasant so far. I've seen stuff I have never seen. I love riding this trail.

Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails

An ok trail. Nice parking. No restrooms. Tree-lined. Crushed stone. Watch out for the BEARS! Saw one on the trail. Bring bug spray!

July, 2025 by ebechtoldt

An ok trail. Nice parking. No restrooms. Tree-lined. Crushed stone. Watch out for the BEARS! Saw one on the trail. Bring bug spray!

D&H Rail Trail

I've ridden the trail from Simpson to Buck's Falls which is outside of Starrucca. The trail is well groomed until you hit the other side of Ararat. Then you run into ballast stone and coal silt. No ballast stone or coal silt from Simpson to Ararat.

July, 2025 by seamusmc1950

I've ridden the trail from Simpson to Buck's Falls which is outside of Starrucca. The trail is well groomed until you hit the other side of Ararat. Then you run into ballast stone and coal silt. No ballast stone or coal silt from Simpson to Ararat.

Sullivan O&W Rail Trail

awesome ride

July, 2025 by v65xtm2gzt

Throughly enjoyed the trail end of the trail needs some work otherwise an awesome ride !!!

D&H Rail Trail

I have ridden from Lansboro to Steven's Point several times. I'm from the area and can't find the trail from Steven's Point to Starucca. Where can I pick up the trail to Starucca.

June, 2025 by srinker58

I have ridden from Lansboro to Steven's Point several times. I'm from the area and can't find the trail from Steven's Point to Starucca. Where can I pick up the trail to Starucca.

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