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The Trolley Line Trail is a 2.8-mile paved trail in West Windsor, New Jersey. The trail follows the former right of way of the Fast Line electric trolley that connected Trenton and New Brunswick in...
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NJ |
2.8 mi |
Asphalt
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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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NY |
4.3 mi |
Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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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 trail's northern...
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NJ |
3.3 mi |
Cinder, Gravel
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The 6.53-mile eastern phase of the Bedminster Hike and Bikeway allows pedestrians and cyclists to safely traverse part of Bedminster Township by crossing over I-287 and US 206/202 via a series of...
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NJ |
6.53 mi |
Asphalt
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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...
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NJ |
4 mi |
Ballast
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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...
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NJ |
3.7 mi |
Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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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...
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NY |
6.84 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, 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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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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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...
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PA |
31.2 mi |
Gravel
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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...
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NJ |
1.8 mi |
Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
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The Mamakating 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 |
3.2 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Grass, Gravel
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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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The Ogden Mine Railroad Path is located in the Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, a unit of the Morris County Park Commission. The trail follows an old railroad bed through hardwood forests, past ponds,...
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NJ |
2.7 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt
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The Old Croton Aqueduct Trail spans 26.5 miles across West Chester County, NY. It is often a singletrack dirt pathway that winds through communities and trees and provides an oasis of green just north...
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NY |
26.5 mi |
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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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 multi-use trails...
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NJ |
74.4 mi |
Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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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.”...
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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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Created by Union Forge Heritage Association in 2007, the Taylor SteelWorkers Historical Greenway is a 7 mile trail that winds its way through High Bridge criss-crossing a number of historical sites...
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NJ |
7 mi |
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
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The Wood Duck Nature Trail, appropriately named for the secretive duck, was made possible through the hard work and dedication of refuge volunteers. This beautiful trail extends about 1.5 miles on a...
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NJ |
1.5 mi |
Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
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The Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway is a 12-mile linear park that runs from the town of Ossining north to Westchester County's Blue Mountain Reservation in Peekskill.
About the Route
The trailway...
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NY |
12 mi |
Asphalt, Dirt, Grass
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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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This trail is in an area rich in geological history. Zinc and Iron Ores were transported along this branch from mines in the area that operated for over 200 years. The trail is scenic with a slight...
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NJ |
3 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt
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The Jack Harrington White Plains Greenway was recently renamed to honor a long-time member of the city's conservation board. The trail's corridor follows the former New York, Westchester & Boston...
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NY |
1.2 mi |
Woodchips
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When completed, the Norwalk River Valley Trail will run from Danbury to Long Island Sound in southwestern Connecticut, for a total of about 27 miles. Currently, several disconnected sections totaling...
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CT |
12.2 mi |
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel
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The Pequest Wildlife Management Area, although a rail trail, is much better suited to walking than to biking. It provides excellent access to the Pequest River which is stocked with trout. Some...
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NJ |
4.2 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel
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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...
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1 mi |
Cinder, Gravel
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The Quarry Trail is currently a 600-foot long unimproved strip of land along what is known as Quarry Road in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. The trail links Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic...
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NY |
0.1 mi |
Dirt, Grass
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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...
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NJ |
1 mi |
Asphalt
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The Ridgefield Rail-Trail meanders for nearly 2.5 miles through the forested exburbs of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
About the Route
The trail passes among suburban acreages, along a creek at one...
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CT |
2.3 mi |
Gravel
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Fahnestock State Park is a relatively undiscovered gems in the New York State Park System. Located a few miles east of Cold Spring Village on Rt. 301 (Main Street), the park jurisdiction was recently...
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NY |
2.2 mi |
Dirt
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The Samuel G. Fisher Mount Ivy Environmental Park offers a hiking trail along a former right-of-way of the NY & NJ Railroad. The trail is entirely wooded and offers views of nearby wildlife and...
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NY |
2 mi |
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Woodchips
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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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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...
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NJ |
2.3 mi |
Dirt
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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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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...
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NJ |
2.5 mi |
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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The Northport Rail Trail runs for 0.75 miles in the suburbs of Northport on Long Island, NY.
About the Route
The northern end of the Northport Rail Trail is located along Elwood Rd. where a...
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NY |
0.75 mi |
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt
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