Rail Trails #3
#tags railtrail,bicycling
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 They are usually unnamed, unsigned, and unpublished.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 maintaining the list of NY
rail-trails on my Rutland
Trail website.
I'm also uploading them to
OpenStreetMap.
This year (so far) I've ridden on the Cato Fair Haven Trail (partial), the Genesee Valley Greenway (very partial -- it's 90 miles long), and the Webster Hojack Trail. Also rode a trail that I don't have in my database. Goes on the Lehigh south of Rochester (just off the RIT campus).
Also a portion of the Clarence Akron Pathway; probably about half. Nicely paved, very popular trail. Also about five miles of the Canalway Trail in Rochester.
Rode the Outlet Trail end to end. And all of the built portions of the Catherine Valley Trail.
Trails I've ridden:
- Ballston Bike Trail,
- Black River Recreational Trail,
- Bog Meadow Brook,
- Cato Fair Haven Trail,
- Catskill Scenic Trail (2/3rds),
- Cayuga Hojack Trail,
- DnH Canal Heritage Corridor North,
- DnH Canal Heritage Corridor South, (partially)
- Dutchess Rail Trail,
- Gorge Trail,
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail,
- Jim Schug Trail,
- Jim Tedisco Fitness Trail,
- Maple City Trail,
- North County Trailway,
- Ontario Pathways Rail Trail,
- Orange Heritage Trailway (the unimproved eastern end),
- Oswego Recreational Trail,
- Railroad Run,
- Rivergate Trail,
- The Rutland Trail,
- South Hill Recreation Way,
- The Uncle Sam Bikeway,
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail,
- Warren County Bikeway,
- Zim Smith Trail,
Trails I haven't (yet) ridden:
Allegheny River Valley Trail,
Auburn Fleming Trail,
Canalway Trail,
Catskill Scenic Trail (still need to ride the 1/3rd),
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,
Corning Bike Path,
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Rail Trail,
Genesee Valley Greenway (still need to ride it end-to-end),
Harlem Valley Rail Trail,
Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail (walked a couple of hundred feet of it in October),
Lehigh Memory Trail,
Lehigh Valley Linear Trail,
Lehigh Valley Rail Trail,
Newstead trail,
Orange Heritage Trailway (still need to ride the paved portion),
PatMcGeeTrail,
Philip A. Rayhill Memorial Recreational Trail,
Portage Trail,
Putnam County Trailway,
Rochester, Syracuse n Eastern Trolley Trail,
Shawangunk Rail Trail,
Sodus Point to Wallington Trail (doesn't really exist yet),
South County Trailway,
Spring Run Trail (doesn't really exist yet),
Tarrytown Lakes extension,
Town of Edwards Nature Trail,
Vestal Rail Trail,
White Plains Greenway,
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