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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 Branch.
About the Route
The Basha Kill Rail Trail is a short section of both the Long Path and Shawangunk Ridge Trail, both of which are much longer hiking routes.
Given that the rail trail shares its route with two much longer hiking routes, this rail trail is much more suited to hiking and mountain biking.
The trail's northern endpoint is located in Wurtsboro, and the trail heads south from there and enters the Basha Kill Wildlife Management Area and follows alongside the Basha Kill Marsh.
The Long Path and the Shawangunk Ridge Trail actually overlap for about 34 miles, including the 5.5 miles of the Basha Kill Rail Trail. The Long Path is a 358-mile trail system that stretches from the 175th Street Subway Station in New York City to John Boyd Thacher State Park near Albany in New York and connects many of New York's parks, preserves, and state forest land. From the Appalachian Trail in the New Jersey High Point State Park, the Shawangunk Ridge Trail runs 71 miles north along the southern Shawangunks before heading northeast through Sam's Point Preserve, Minnewaska State Park and the Mohonk Preserve in New York.
Connections
The Basha Kill Rail Trail connects to the D&H Canal Linear Park.
The Basha Kill Rail Trail runs between S Rd. (Wurtsboro) and Basha Kill Marsh near Indian Orchard Rd. (Westbrookville).
Parking is available at several locations along S Rd. These are approximate addresses, see TrailLink Map for more detailed directions.
Snakes, bugs, overgrown, not maintained, trail ends, unmarked, Waste of time!
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