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Print Friendly MapThe East Ithaca Recreation Way on East Hill is primarily built upon the rail bed of the old Ithaca and Cortland Railroad, which later became part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The trail skirts the campus of Cornell University and traverses a natural area along Cascadilla Creek between Pine Tree Road and Game Farm Road. Then it cuts south from Pine Tree toward Maple Avenue, following it west for a short distance before heading south behind neighborhood back yards to Honness Lane.
You'll find rest areas with benches along the trail.
Limited parking is available off Game Farm Road just south of the trail.
Took out bikes on this trail on a lovely fall day — some nice fall colors. Negative is lack of signage, which caused us to go the wrong way at one intersection. Found it easier to bike the road than on the hill portion of Maple Avenue than on the very tiny strip of bike trail on the hill. Biked the trail in the flatter portion of the the Maple Ave. trail.
Well kept, asphalt, nice brook off to one side at the on the Game Farm Road entrance. We had our dog with us, so only hiked about half - until trail went onto road with cars.
I had the opportunity to ride with team giant members recently and we had a great ride and only wished for better signs once!thanks to Kathy Bolton for a great day!
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