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Berkshire Valley Management Area Trail

2.1 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder

Great Valley Trail

4.3 mi

State: NJ

Dirt, Grass

Hook Mountain/Nyack Beach Bikeway

4.9 mi

State: NY

Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Kennedy Trail

1.7 mi

State: NY

Cinder

Lake Iliff Trail

1.1 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone

Manasquan Reservoir Trail

4.8 mi

State: NJ

Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt

Old Erie Path

3 mi

State: NY

Dirt, Gravel

Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail

1 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone

Thompson Park Trails

5.4 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt, Boardwalk

Vanderbilt Motor Parkway

3 mi

State: NY

Asphalt

Walden-Wallkill Rail Trail

4.3 mi

State: NY

Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

West Essex Trail

3.3 mi

State: NJ

Cinder, Gravel

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

D & H Canal Trail - Bashakill Wildlife Management Area

5.7 mi

State: NY

Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass

Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail

31.2 mi

State: PA

Gravel

Kingston Branch Loop Trail

1.75 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Mamakating Rail Trail

3.2 mi

State: NY

Ballast, Cinder, Grass, Gravel

Ogden Mine Railroad Path

2.7 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt

Accordion

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

26.5 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Patriots' Path

74.4 mi

State: NJ

Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Paulinskill Valley Trail

27 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Staten Island Greenbelt Multi-Purpose Trail

2.6 mi

State: NY

Crushed Stone

Taylor SteelWorkers Historical Greenway

7 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area

3 mi

State: NJ

Ballast, Cinder, Dirt

Quarry Trail

0.1 mi

State: NY

Dirt, Grass

Sullivan O&W Rail Trail

20.65 mi

State: NY

Asphalt, Grass, Gravel

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

5.5 mi

State: NY

Dirt, Grass

Lehigh and Hudson Rail Trail

2.3 mi

State: NJ

Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Mohansic Trailway

1 mi

State: NY

Boardwalk, Dirt, Gravel

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
	Great Valley Trail The Great Valley Trail, built on the former Lehigh & New England Railroad, offers an unpaved, natural experience through quiet woodlands between the townships of Hampton and Frankford. Although...	NJ	4.3 mi	Dirt, Grass	6 reviews
	Hook Mountain/Nyack Beach Bikeway The Hook Mountain/Nyack Beach Bikeway is a scenic trail that runs almost 5 miles along the Hudson River in Rockland County. About the Route The trail runs through Hook Mountain State Park and...	NY	4.9 mi	Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel	27 reviews
	Kennedy Trail The Kennedy Trail begins at Brick Hill Road and ends at the northwest corner of the 68-acre campus of John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers. The cinder trail, built on a former rail bed,...	NY	1.7 mi	Cinder	3 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
	Manasquan Reservoir Trail The Manasquan Reservoir Trail is located in the Howell Township and provides a great natural destination in the heart of the town. The trail forms a perimeter loop around the 770 acre reservoir...	NJ	4.8 mi	Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt	14 reviews
	Old Erie Path The Old Erie Path reveals spectacular views of the Hudson River Valley as the rail-trail rolls along cliffs that border the river’s western shore. Although fairly short, it joins two other...	NY	3 mi	Dirt, Gravel	10 reviews
	Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail The Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail travels from one end of the village of South Nyack to the other in 1 mile but greatly expands its reach by connecting with the Old Erie Path and a new shared-use...	NY	1 mi	Crushed Stone	6 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
	Vanderbilt Motor Parkway This trail is the legacy of the first elevated roadway in the United States, constructed by William K. Vanderbilt in 1904. Vanderbilt created the parkway to get to his family’s estate in Long...	NY	3 mi	Asphalt	10 reviews
	Walden-Wallkill Rail Trail 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...	NY	4.3 mi	Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	20 reviews
	West Essex Trail 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...	NJ	3.3 mi	Cinder, Gravel	22 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
	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
	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
	Mamakating Rail Trail 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...	NY	3.2 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Grass, Gravel	2 reviews
	Ogden Mine Railroad Path This trail is located in the Mahlon Dickerson Reservation which is a unit of the Morris County Park Commission. The trail follows an abandoned railroad bed through hardwood forests, past ponds, swamps...	NJ	2.7 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt	7 reviews

Accordion

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail 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...	NY	26.5 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	17 reviews
Patriots' Path 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...	NJ	74.4 mi	Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	20 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
Staten Island Greenbelt Multi-Purpose Trail At 2.6 miles, the Staten Island Greenbelt Multi-Purpose Trail offers a nice jaunt for joggers, walkers, and cyclists alike. The crushed-stone path is 6-feet wide and runs from Rockland Avenue to...	NY	2.6 mi	Crushed Stone	1 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
Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area 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...	NJ	3 mi	Ballast, Cinder, Dirt	9 reviews
Quarry Trail 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...	NY	0.1 mi	Dirt, Grass	2 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	2 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
Lehigh and Hudson Rail Trail The Lehigh and Hudson Rail Trail is 2.3 miles long with a gravel surface. Following a former rail corridor, the trail runs through woods and fields. About the Route The northern end of the...	NJ	2.3 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel	0 reviews
Mohansic Trailway The Mohansic Trailway is a rail-trail providing an important link between the North County Trailway and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park. The trailway occupies a short-lived spur of the New...	NY	1 mi	Boardwalk, Dirt, Gravel	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.

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 .

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 !!!

Sandy Hook Multi-Use Pathway

My Fave!!!

June, 2025 by annempiazza

I have wanted to come to Sandy Hook for several years, and I am thrilled that I finally did. It’s a lovely ride that includes shore front and leafy glades. Definitely my new favorite ride!