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This trail follows the Black River Canal Towpath that links Boonville to Foresport. Running from Erwin Park at Boonville to Alder Pond at Forestport, it is a quiet walk or bike trip through woods and...
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NY |
10 mi |
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel, Sand
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Overview
Two former rival railroad corridors that crossed in Buffalo’s eastern suburbs now form a 20.5-mile paved trail system called Clarence Pathways in Clarence, Newstead, and Akron.
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NY |
20.5 mi |
Asphalt
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Closure Notices: In Palmyra/Wayne County, a portion of the trail is closed between route 21 and Swift Landing Park. In Oneida-Verona, Oneida County, a bridge replacement is taking place at the corner...
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NY |
335.2 mi |
Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
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Overview
The Keuka Outlet Trail offers a winding route of 6.7 miles between Penn Yan and Dresden in New York’s Finger Lakes region. The rail trail follows a railroad corridor that traces a former...
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NY |
6.7 mi |
Asphalt, Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
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The key word in describing the Pat McGee Trail in western New York is variety. The rail-trail rolls for more than 12 miles across the Allegheny Plateau between Cattaraugus and Salamanca, passing...
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NY |
12.1 mi |
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Grass
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The town of Perinton, New York, has been hard at work improving the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Trail, and it shows. Since 1996, when the American Hiking Society designated Perinton as a Trail...
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NY |
5 mi |
Crushed Stone
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Verona Beach State Park is located on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake. Shaded picnic areas and the campground are adjacent to the beach with an excellent view of the water. The lake, Black Creek,...
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NY |
1.5 mi |
Dirt, Grass
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Overview
The Zim Smith Mid-County Trail runs for 11.3 miles between Ballston-Spa and Mechanicville. The paved trail is considered the backbone of a growing trail system, with connections to major...
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NY |
11.3 mi |
Asphalt
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Overview
Once completed, the Adirondack Rail Trail will connect the Adirondacks Region with 34 miles of recreational rail trail from Lake Placid to Tupper Lake and 56 miles in between Tupper Lake...
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NY |
25.3 mi |
Asphalt, Crushed Stone
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The Cato-Fair Haven Trail (a.k.a. Cayuga County Trail) travels a little more than 14 miles through forest, wetland and tree farm.
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NY |
14.51 mi |
Cinder, Dirt
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The Saratoga segment of the 71-mile Champlain Canalway Trail includes three disconnected segments near the Hudson River, from Stillwater Township to the town of Saratoga. The longest section is under...
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NY |
1.5 mi |
Crushed Stone, Dirt
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Overview
Though mostly a continuous system of trails from Sherman North to Brocton, some segments of the nearly 26-mile Chautauqua Rails-to-Trails system go by other names (see below). All the...
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NY |
25.7 mi |
Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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Crossing the state line into New York near Erie, Pennsylvania, the 7-mile trail runs through the beautiful Brokenstraw Valley, passing small streams, a tamarack swamp, deciduous woods and...
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NY, PA |
5.8 mi |
Crushed Stone
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Overview
The Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail follows the flowing contours of the western Vermont countryside, rambling in and out of New York state, where there is a 4-mile gap. This border area is...
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NY, VT |
25.8 mi |
Asphalt, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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The Erie Attica Trail lies in the Finger Lakes region of New York along the former railroad for which it's named. A glimpse of this past can be seen in the beautiful truss bridge that spans 220 feet...
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NY |
1.3 mi |
Boardwalk, Crushed Stone
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Overview
The Genesee Valley Greenway rolls through towns and countless landscapes from Rochester south to Cuba, New York. The greenway is a work in progress, but there is a long, continuous segment...
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NY |
77 mi |
Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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Following the defunct and abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad corridor, the Odessa-Hector Rail Trail stretches for 2.5 miles through the woods and fields between the Town of Montour and the Village of...
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NY |
2.5 mi |
Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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Overview
The Oswego County Trail follows an abandoned right-of-way of the old New York Ontario & Western Railroad between Cleveland and Fulton. The trail passes among scenic countryside on a...
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NY |
25 mi |
Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt
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The Ridgeway Trail skirts the banks of Willseyville Creek along the abandoned rail bed of the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad and the former Lehigh Valley Railroad. From south Willseyville the trail...
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NY |
4.3 mi |
Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
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The Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail stretches from Acheson's Crossing at State Route 11 in Philadelphia, New York, west to Clayton. A second spur runs north from Theresa to Redwood. The trail occupies...
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NY |
30.2 mi |
Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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