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Berkshire Valley Management Area Trail

2.1 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder

Bethpage Bikeway

13.4 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Columbia Trail

15 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail

73.6 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt

Joe Michaels Mile (Cross Island Parkway)

3.2 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Lake Iliff Trail

1.1 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone

Putnam Trailway

11.8 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Saddle River County Park Bike Path

7.6 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt

Thompson Park Trails

5.4 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt, Boardwalk

Timberdoodle Trail

2.3 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

21.4 mi

State: NY

Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel

West Hudson Park Path

2.2 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt

William R. Steinhaus Dutchess Rail Trail

13.8 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Black River Wildlife Management Area Trail

4 mi

State: NJ

Ballast

Capoolong Creek Wildlife Management Area

3.7 mi

State: NJ

Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

D & H Canal Linear Park and Towpath Trail

6.84 mi

State: NY

Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Ellen Farrant Memorial Bikeway

5.5 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail

31.2 mi

State: PA

Gravel

Kingston Branch Loop Trail

1.75 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Landsdown Trail

1.8 mi

State: NJ

Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Accordion

Mosholu-Pelham Greenway

10.3 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Paulinskill Valley Trail

27 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Taylor SteelWorkers Historical Greenway

7 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

D & H Canal Park

0.6 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone

East River Greenway

8.1 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Pequest Wildlife Management Area Trail

4.2 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel

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

5.5 mi

State: NY

Dirt, Grass

Black River County Park Trail

2.3 mi

State: NJ

Dirt

Klara Sauer Trail

1 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone

Liberty Loop Trail

2.5 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Lincoln Park West Nature Trail

1.7 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Gravel

Perth Amboy Harbor Walk

0.7 mi

State: NJ

Concrete

Trail Image	Trail Name	States	Length	Surface	Rating
	Berkshire Valley Management Area Trail The Berkshire Valley Management Area Trail passes through hardwood forests and affords views of the valley below to the right. Equestrians must have a NJ Wildlife Permit, which is available from NJ...	NJ	2.1 mi	Ballast, Cinder	8 reviews
	Bethpage Bikeway The paved 13.4-mile Bethpage Bikeway runs alongside suburban roads for long segments of the route, but it’s much more than a suburban trail. Each on-road suburban stretch is broken up by one of three...	NY	13.4 mi	Asphalt	46 reviews
	Columbia Trail The Columbia Trail has the distinction of being named for a natural gas pipeline that runs beneath the 15 miles of the trail that spans rural northern New Jersey. The crushed-stone trail rolls along...	NJ	15 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone	134 reviews
	Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail Spanning 73.6 miles, the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail is the longest completed multiuse trail in the state and is described by many as the crown jewel of New Jersey trails. A portion...	NJ	73.6 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt	118 reviews
	Joe Michaels Mile (Cross Island Parkway) Joe Michaels Mile closely follows the Cross Island Parkway thoroughfare through northeastern Queens for 3.2 miles. About the Route The northernmost point along the trail leaves off from Little...	NY	3.2 mi	Asphalt	10 reviews
	Lake Iliff Trail This is the first phase of the proposed Lehigh & Hudson River Rail Trail. The second phase will connect Hillside Park to Kittatinny Valley State Park. It is hoped that there will be an eventual...	NJ	1.1 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone	2 reviews
	Putnam Trailway The old New York Central rail line that ran from the Bronx to communities north of the city in Westchester and Putnam Counties carried commuters during the workweek, but on the weekends, tourists...	NY	11.8 mi	Asphalt	55 reviews
	Saddle River County Park Bike Path The Saddle River County Park Bike Path winds alongside its namesake river through moderately dense suburban areas, with surroundings that vary between wooded and open. The trail attracts cyclists,...	NJ	7.6 mi	Asphalt	61 reviews
	Thompson Park Trails With fields, woodlands, trails, a playground, an arts center, and a lake, Thompson Park offers a multitude of outdoor activities. Established in 1968 with Geraldine Thompson's donation of the horse...	NJ	5.4 mi	Asphalt, Boardwalk	2 reviews
	Timberdoodle Trail The Timberdoodle Trail runs along a former railroad corridor through the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge for 2.3 miles. It is accessible at its northern end and at a trailhead along the route,...	NJ	2.3 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	1 reviews
	Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 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 welcomes all...	NY	21.4 mi	Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel	66 reviews
	West Hudson Park Path The paved pathway running through West Hudson Park offers a scenic, tree-lined escape between Harrison and Kearny, NJ. The trail provides access to the park’s stocked lake, water park, athletic...	NJ	2.2 mi	Asphalt	4 reviews
	William R. Steinhaus Dutchess Rail Trail 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 what seems...	NY	13.8 mi	Asphalt	62 reviews
	Black River Wildlife Management Area Trail The Black River Wildlife Management Area Trail runs for 4 miles through streambeds and forests of the Black River Wildlife Management Area. The straight multi-use trail offers access to other trails...	NJ	4 mi	Ballast	19 reviews
	Capoolong Creek Wildlife Management Area This pleasant, flat rail-trail parallels Capoolong Creek through the Capoolong Creek Wildlife Management Area for nearly 4 miles. The surface is varied, so the trail is best suited for hiking or...	NJ	3.7 mi	Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	13 reviews
	D & H Canal Linear Park and Towpath Trail The D&H Canal Linear Park and Towpath Trail, situated in Wurtsboro, NY carries trail users for 6.84 miles along the former towpath for the historic Delaware and Hudson Trail. Use of motorized...	NY	6.84 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	19 reviews
	Ellen Farrant Memorial Bikeway When Jones Beach State Park opened on Long Island’s South Shore in the late 1920s, a series of scenic parkways was built on infill dredged from nearby towns to connect New Yorkers to the new public...	NY	5.5 mi	Asphalt	30 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
	Kingston Branch Loop Trail The Kingston Branch Loop Trail is a trip up one side and down the other of the scenic tree-lined Delaware and Raritan Canal. The eastern half of the loop follows the bed of the Rocky Hill Railroad and...	NJ	1.75 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel	8 reviews
	Landsdown Trail The Landsdown Trail runs 1.8 miles between Lower Landsdown Road and W. Main in Clinton. The trail passes among open fields, woodlands and wetlands and provides access to the South Branch of the...	NJ	1.8 mi	Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel	4 reviews

Accordion

Mosholu-Pelham Greenway The Mosholu-Pelham Greenway connects several parks and recreational opportunities in New York City's north and central Bronx neighborhoods. A portion of the trail is also part of the growing East...	NY	10.3 mi	Asphalt	5 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
Taylor SteelWorkers Historical Greenway DESCRIPTION: The Created by Union Forge Heritage Association in 2007,Taylor SteelWorkers Historical Greenway is a 7 mile trail that winds its way through High Bridge criss-crossing a number of...	NJ	7 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel	12 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
East River Greenway New York City's 8.1-mile East River Greenway offers views of the East River, Queens, Brooklyn, and the iconic bridges that connect these boroughs to Manhattan. The paved pathway traces the waterfront...	NY	8.1 mi	Asphalt	6 reviews
Pequest Wildlife Management Area Trail This trail is much better suited to walking than to biking. It provides excellent access to the Pequest River which is stocked with trout. Not all of the bridges across the river have been decked and...	NJ	4.2 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel	7 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
Black River County Park Trail In the mid-1800s Chester, New Jersey, was the home of the iron ore industry; railroads shipped the ore all over the county. With the end of the industry, however, the rail lines were abandoned, and...	NJ	2.3 mi	Dirt	2 reviews
Klara Sauer Trail 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...	NY	1 mi	Crushed Stone	5 reviews
Liberty Loop Trail Located in the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, the Liberty Loop Trail is 2.5 miles long with a surface of gravel, grass, dirt, and crushed stone. Some portions may have raised wooden planks...	NJ	2.5 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	0 reviews
Lincoln Park West Nature Trail This restored wetlands trail meanders through Lincoln Park West on the shore of the Hackensack River. Split into east and west by the highway (US 1 & 9), Lincoln Park is one of Hudson County's largest...	NJ	1.7 mi	Crushed Stone, Gravel	0 reviews
Perth Amboy Harbor Walk The Perth Amboy Harbor Walk offers scenic views of the Raritan Bay and Raritan River as it hugs the shoreline of the City of Perth Amboy, founded in 1683 and home to one of the nation's oldest ports....	NJ	0.7 mi	Concrete	0 reviews

Recent Trail Reviews

Maybrook Trailway

The Weeds Are Gone

August, 2025 by robertgerry

I just rode the trail today and the weeds mentioned in a previous review have now been mowed and the tree leaning across the trail near Whaley Lake has been cut. The trail is now in excellent condition with none of the typical rail trail root bumps encountered today. BobG.

Columbia Trail

A Favorite

August, 2025 by zjclifford

One of my favorite trails in the area. Lots of parking at the High Bridge trail head

D & H Canal Linear Park and Towpath Trail

Great start from Wurtsboro ... but then THIS!

July, 2025 by jason.harry

Sunny and warm July Sunday. Started from the handy parking spaces across from the Wurtsboro firehouse (corner of Pine St. and Canal St.) The informational signs in the little park back toward Sullivan St. are worth checking out before heading north on the trail.

The trail is really nice in that beginning stretch: some gravel, mown grass, hard dirt. Easy on a hybrid or mountain bike ... probably too rough for a road bike. Riding along the long-forgotten, but still totally visible, D&H canal is very pleasant. Some lengths of the canal itself are totally dry and filled with mature trees; other lengths have water. (We didn't stop to read them, but there is fun signage along the way that tells a narrative story about the area.) Mixture of shady tree coverage and open skies. Very, very nice!

BUT THEN! Big surprise. As the towpath crosses McDonald Rd and continues north, which is maybe only 1 mile from the start, the bike path is fully flooded by water and completely unpassable. This is due to a total blockage of water in the canal by a massive beaver dam. (This is right where a home, yard, and outbuildings are visible on the satellite view. And, yes, there are some scary dogs on long ropes ... that come lunging.) The beaver dam is interesting to see, but there is no way to continue on the towpath at that point.

It turns out that the Mamakating O&W rail trail also has an entrance right on McDonald Rd. We chose to ride that back to Wurtsboro. There is a supposed continuation of Mamakating that heads northeast (the satellite view shows it), and it might be possible to jump back onto the D&H trail on the other side of the beaver dam blockage. But the official listing for Mamakating shows that this length is not developed ... so we decided not to chance it.

The Mamakating trail back to Wurtsboro is a straight shot ... no problems. That unintended shorter loop was maybe 3 miles total. But worth it!!

Accordion

Maybrook Trailway

Great Ride!

July, 2025 by douglas.klion

A friend and I did this ride today starting from Brewster to Hopewell Junction, continuing on the Dutchess Rail Trail for ~4 miles and back. The ride was excellent, a little over 50 miles with a gradual decent (~10 miles) on the way to Hopewell and ascent back. The trail was very smooth, there were a couple of spots on the Dutchess side that had growth into the trail and one downed tree blocking the way.

Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

great ride!

July, 2025 by v65xtm2gzt

Great ride through the shawingunk mountains ! Trail was great bikes were awesome ! What a beautiful day !!

South County Trailway

Nice trail

July, 2025 by kaiser

Parked at the trail head in Elmsford rode north to Yorktown Heights plenty of places to get a cold drink or food then went on south county trail not many places along the way to get a cold drink or food & zero porta John’s . Overall great trail , good markings & scenic at the end the trail changed a bit still paved and ride a few miles in Putnam greenway Van Courtland park Bronx this was a plus .

Pequonnock River Trail

great trail with a mix of everything

July, 2025 by riverahorsemanship

Use gps route its not well marked like others have said but part of the fun was planning the route and then finding your way as you go.

Maybrook Trailway

what a amazing ride from 292/55 to Hopewell junction

July, 2025 by cudacom

Beautiful ride in the am was nice and cool and quiet Down hill to hopewell This time of year there are so many raspberries on the side of the trail going back to collect some for jam end of the week Being a rail trail the way back is just a slight incline Great Ride

Ocean Parkway Trail

Path has been resurfaced since the earlier reviews

July, 2025 by fjohnboyle

Path is very well maintained, except for the connector to Prospect Park is a bit worn (you can use the adjacent street). A great stress free route to Coney Island.

Capoolong Creek Wildlife Management Area

Tough Condition

July, 2025 by z4g9gshqpr

Saw the last review on this stating trail was dangerous and in need of maintenance. Was hoping some improvement wouldve been made but the Coopalong is still in tough shape. A lot of trees down with large stretches of the trail covered with overgrown weeds. Id especially avoid the southern half closer to Pittstown.

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 !!!

Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

nicest crushed stone trail ever

June, 2025 by vbergerg_tl

Section from New Paltz (and maybe a mile or two below, I haven’t checked) to a mile or so north of the Rosendale Trestle is superb. Just after the Women’s Studio Workshop is an interesting historical furnace chimney. But then the trail comes apart - chunky gravel and hills I wouldn’t want to come down, leading to Williams Lake (saw lots of landscaping going on but no one using that end of it recreationally). I returned to the Women’s Studiovia the road.

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