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The Walden-Wallkill Rail Trail is built on a former Conrail right-of-way. Conrail and its predecessors, Penn Central, New York Central, and The Wallkill Valley Railway, provided service to farmers...
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4.3 mi |
Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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Overview
The Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park—the longest pedestrian bridge in the world at 1.28 miles—emerges from the trees and over the rooftops of the old riverfront town of...
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1.6 mi |
Concrete
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Overview
The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail runs 21.4 miles between Kingston and Gardiner through woods, fields, farmland.
About the Route
The corridor’s current incarnation as a linear park...
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NY |
21.4 mi |
Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel
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Overview
The West Essex Trail runs for 3.3 miles through Cedar Grove, New Jersey along the former rail bed of the Caldwell Branch on the old Erie-Lackawanna Railroad.
About the Route
The...
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NJ |
3.3 mi |
Cinder, Gravel
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Overview
The William R. Steinhaus Dutchess Rail Trail—named for the Dutchess County executive who championed it—is a treasure in New York's Hudson Valley region. The 13.8-mile trail runs through...
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NY |
13.8 mi |
Asphalt
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Overview
This 2-mile long paved path runs directly adjacent to (about 30-40 feet off of) the Boulevard in Mountain Lakes, NJ, and follows the exact route of a former trolley line operated by the...
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NJ |
2 mi |
Asphalt, Concrete
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The City of Port Jervis is the latest community to save a portion of the former D&H Canal and turn it into a greenway for use by residents and visitors. A section of the canal, which is approximately...
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NY |
1 mi |
Cinder, Gravel
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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...
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NY |
5.7 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass
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Overview Â
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...
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PA |
39 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt
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The Jones Point Path occupies an abandoned motor vehicle route (old US Route 9W). The path provides bicyclists with a relatively safe bypass to a dangerous section of busy US Route 9W near Bear...
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NY |
2 mi |
Asphalt
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Overview
The Kingston Point Rail Trail is a paved pathway stretching from Kingston’s midtown to the Rondout Creek waterfront, connecting important points in the community such as Kingston High...
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NY |
2.15 mi |
Asphalt
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Overview
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...
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PA |
17.9 mi |
Asphalt, Crushed Stone
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In the early 1830s the Morris Canal opened across northern New Jersey, from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Newark, and later to Jersey City on the Hudson River. It provided a thoroughfare for...
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NJ |
4.1 mi |
Dirt, Grass
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Overview
The O&W Rail Trail follows the route of the old NY O&W Railroad (Kingston-Port Jervis Branch) right-of-way for 19.1 miles through Ulster County, NY, between Kingston and Ellenville.
The...
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NY |
18 mi |
Asphalt, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
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Overview
The Patriots' Path covers roughly 74.4 miles of terrain (including all of the many trail spurs) and is open to mountain biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and hiking. The...
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NJ |
74.4 mi |
Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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Overview
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...
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NJ |
27 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
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The Randolph Trail system covers 16 miles of pathways through five parks, the Clyde Potts Reservoir watershed and 2,000 acres of pristine open space. The trails link schools and neighborhoods and also...
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NJ |
16 mi |
Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
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Connecting the Walkill River and Shawangunk Ridge, the aptly named River-to-Ridge Trail, which opened in September 2018, runs from New Paltz to the Mohonk Preserve. Begin at the Carmine Liberta Bridge...
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NY |
4.9 mi |
Gravel
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The West Morris Greenway is envisioned as a 25-mile rail-trail, whose route would make use of three former railroad corridors: the Chester Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western; the Mount...
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NJ |
5 mi |
Crushed Stone, Gravel
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Meandering along the Hudson River, this trail is part of the 51-mile Westchester RiverWalk. Running north from Croton Point Park and through Croton Landing Park, the paved 2.3-mile path offers scenic...
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NY |
2.3 mi |
Asphalt
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A short rail trail with two covered bridges occupying a portion of the former Mount Hope Mineral Railroad right-of-way in Wharton, NJ.
In the future this trail will be linked with the Rockaway...
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NJ |
0.5 mi |
Asphalt
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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...
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NY |
0.6 mi |
Crushed Stone
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Overview
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...
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NY |
2.4 mi |
Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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There are two trails named the O&W: one in New York and this one in Pennsylvania. Although the trail stretches 32 miles (as shown on the map), only the first 8 miles of trail (from Simpson to...
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8 mi |
Dirt, Gravel
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The Oxford Bikeway is a .9 mile long pave trail constructed on an abandoned railroad right-of-way. The trail can be accessed at three points. To the north the trail ends at Pequest Road, however there...
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NJ |
0.9 mi |
Asphalt
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The Ramsey Bike Path is a recreational path built on the former Paterson to Suffern trolley line right-of-way. The path extends along a north-south route from one end of Ramsey to the other....
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NJ |
1 mi |
Asphalt
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The Karamac Trail is a short walking trail that starts under the Interstate 80 bridge on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The trail follows an old railroad right-of-way; there is a railroad...
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NJ |
1.5 mi |
Cinder, Dirt
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Overview
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...
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NY |
5.5 mi |
Dirt, Grass
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Overview
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...
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NY |
20.65 mi |
Asphalt, Grass, Gravel
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Overview
The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, formerly known as the Tapanzee Bridge, runs for 3.6 miles over the expansive Hudson River.
About the Route
The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Path...
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NY |
3.6 mi |
Asphalt, Concrete
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The Hudson River Brickyard Trail runs 1.5 miles from North Street to John Street in East Kingston. Located in Sojourner Truth State Park, the trail follows the shoreline and offers scenic views of...
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NY |
1.5 mi |
Asphalt, Woodchips
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The Klara Sauer Trail (formerly known as the Beacon Riverside Trail) runs for 1 mile along the Hudson River on the west side of New York's village of Beacon. The trail occupies the same corridor as...
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NY |
1 mi |
Crushed Stone
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The Marcus J. Molinaro Northside Line is a 0.57 mile dual-track trail that connects trail users between the city and town of Poughkeepsie.
While the northern end of the route is still under...
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NY |
0.57 mi |
Asphalt
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Following the former Ulster & Delaware Railroad (U&D) corridor, the Midtown Linear Park is part of the Kingston Greenline. Running through Midtown between Westbrook Lane and Cornell Street, the ADA...
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NY |
0.9 mi |
Asphalt
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Overview
The Pompton Valley Rail Trail is a 5-mile rail-trail that runs through areas of residential, commercial and industrial development in the townships of Pequannock and Wayne. The majority of...
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NJ |
5 mi |
Asphalt
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