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 They are usually unnamed, unsigned, and unpublished.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.
Rode the Phillip Rayhill trail in September and the D&H; Trail in October.
Rode the Erie Canalway Trail
end-to-end, which is all towpath west of Utica, but east of there it picks
up the West Shore railroad. Also, back in October of 2011, I rode most of
the "Lehigh Valley Linear Trail", although it doesn't seem to go by that
name. Also, finally bicycled the Walkway Over The Hudson. I had walked it
twice already, but it's more fun to bicycle.
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, a supported ride sponsored by Parks and Trails NY.
- 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,
- Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Rail Trail,
- Genesee Valley Greenway 1 (partial),
- Genesee Valley Greenway 2 (still partial, but more),
- Gorge Trail,
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail,
- Hoosic Greenway Trail,
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail,
- Jim Schug Trail,
- Jim Tedisco Fitness Trail,
- Joseph B. Clarke Railtrail
- 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 Woodridge Rail Trail
- NYO&W Hurleyville 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,
- 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 County Trailway (southern portion)
- South County Trailway (northern portion)
- South Hill Recreation Way,
- Spring Run Trail,
- Tannersville Bike Path (Huckleberry Multi-Use Trail),
- 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),
- 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),
- 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),
Lehigh Memory Trail,
Newstead trail (connects to the Clarence Akron Pathway),
NYO&W Liberty Rail Trail,
NYO&W Parkville Rail Trail,
PatMcGeeTrail,
Portage Trail,
Sodus Point to Wallington Trail (doesn't really exist yet),
Tarrytown Lakes extension,
White Plains Greenway (bicycles prohibited, so I'll be walking this),
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