I have a goal of riding every named Rail-Trail in New York State.
There are many more railbeds not used for trains anymore which are
also ridable. They are usually unnamed, unsigned, and unpublished. I
speculate that this is because the owner is either indifferent or
away. I've ridden some of these but I'm more interested in getting
the named trails ridden first. I'm uploading them to
OpenStreetMap as I go.
Here are the trails I rode this summer: Stillwater Rail Trail on a chilly
end-of-March day. The El Camino Rail Trail, the Heritage Park Rail Trail,
the Lehigh Memory Trail, and the Pittsford Rail Trail as part of the Erie
Canalwail Trail ride. I hit the Kennedy Rail Trail, NYO&W Liberty and
Parksville Rail Trails, the South Cazenovia Rail Trail, the Tarrytown Lakes
extension, and walked the White Plains Greenway. Re-rode the Hudson Valley
Rail Trail / Walkway Over the Hudson / Dutchess County Trail system (end to
end this time), re-rode the Orange Heritage Trailway and the Gorge Trail,
and rode a bit on the Walkill Valley Rail Trail.
Trails I've ridden:
- Albany County Rail Trail (Elsemere west to Slingerlands),
- Albany County Rail Trail (Elsemere east to Normanskill),
- Auburn Fleming Trail,
- Ballston Bike Trail,
- Black River Recreational Trail,
- Bog Meadow Brook,
- Canalway Trail (Rochester/Greece),
- Cycling The Canalway Trail 2012, a supported ride sponsored by Parks and Trails NY.
- Cycling The Canalway Trail 2013
- Cato Fair Haven Trail,
(again, partially)
- Catskill Scenic Trail (west of Stamford),
- Catskill Scenic Trail (east of Stamford),
- Cayuga Hojack Trail,
- Clarence Akron Pathway (SW of Clarence),
- Corning Bike Path,
- D&H Canal Heritage Corridor North,
- D&H Canal Heritage Corridor South, (partially)
- D&H Trail (to the VT state line, and south into VT),
- Dutchess Rail Trail,
- El Camino Rail Trail,
- Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Rail Trail,
- Genesee Valley Greenway 1 (partial),
- Genesee Valley Greenway 2 (still partial, but more),
- Gorge Trail,
(again),
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail,
- Heritage ParkRail Trail,
- Hoosic Greenway Trail,
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail,
- Jim Schug Trail,
- Jim Tedisco Fitness Trail,
- Kennedy Rail Trail,
- Joseph B. Clarke Railtrail,
- Lehigh Memory Trail (Williamsville),
- Lehigh Valley Rail Trail (Naples),
- Lehigh Valley Trail North (Rush),
- Lehigh Valley Trail North (Crittenden),
- Lehigh Valley Trail (Rochester/Rush/Mendon - but not all the way into Victor),
- Maple City Trail,
- Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail (which is also the Erie Canalway Trail),
- North County Trailway,
- NYO&W Liberty Rail Trail,
- NYO&W Parksville Rail Trail
- NYO&W Hurleyville Rail Trail
- NYO&W Woodridge Rail Trail
- Ontario Pathways Rail Trail,
- Orange Heritage Trailway (the unimproved eastern end),
- Orange Heritage Trailway (the official paved section),
- Oswego Recreational Trail,
- Philip A. Rayhill Memorial Recreational Trail,
- Pittsford Railroad Loop Trail,
- Pittsford Rail Trail,
- Putnam County Trailway,
- Railroad Run,
- Rivergate Trail,
- Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Trolley Trail,
- The Rutland Trail (many many times. Also see the Rutland Trail website),
- South Cazenovia Rail Trail
- South County Trailway (southern portion)
- South County Trailway (northern portion)
- South Hill Recreation Way,
- Spring Run Trail,
- Stillwater Rail Trail,
- Tannersville Bike Path (Huckleberry Multi-Use Trail),
- Tarrytown Lakes extension,
- The Uncle Sam Bikeway,
- Town of Edwards Nature Trail,
- Vestal Rail Trail,
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail,
- Walkway Over The Hudson (and the new part of the Hudson Valley Trail and more parts of the Dutchess Rail Trail which I hadn't ridden earlier),
and again, only end-to-end this time, 40 miles in total.
- Walden-Walkill Rail Trail (which I had called the Shawangunk Rail Trail),
- Warren County Bikeway (first rode it many years ago, before I had my GPS),
- White Plains Greenway (bicycles prohibited, so I walked this),
- Zim Smith Trail (and again),
Trails I haven't (yet) ridden:
Allegheny River Valley Trail,
Chautauqua Alison Wells Ney,
Chautauqua Brockton Area Recreational Trail,
Chautauqua Brocton Area Recreational Trail,
Chautauqua Laurie A. Baer Trail,
Chautauqua Nadine and Paul Webb Trail,
Chautauqua Nancy B. Diggs Trail,
Chautauqua Ralph C. Sheldon Jr. Trail,
Chautauqua Village of Mayville Trail,
Cheektowaga Trail,
Clarence Akron Pathway (still need to ride it north of Clarence),
Genesee Valley Greenway (still need to ride it end-to-end),
Groveland Secondary Trail
Newstead trail (connects to the Clarence Akron Pathway),
Lancaster Heritage Trail,
PatMcGeeTrail,
Portage Trail,
Sodus Point to Wallington Trail (doesn't really exist yet),
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail north of the Rondout Bridge (newly extended).
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