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The Empire State Trail is a multi-use trail in New York State that was proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in January 2017 and completed in December 2020. The trail runs from Manhattan north to the Canada–United States border in Rouses Point near the northern tip of Lake Champlain , and also from Buffalo to Albany .
This list of rail trails in New York lists former railroad rights-of-way in New York that have been converted to rail trails for public use. Many of these rail trails are also part of the statewide Empire State Trail network, which officially opened Jan. 1, 2021.
The trail is also a part of the statewide Empire State Trail, connecting the North County Trailway to the Maybrook Trailway to Pawling. The Putnam County Trailway features mile markers giving the distance along the original railroad right of way from its former southern terminus in New York City. Marker 42.2 is located at Baldwin place, and ...
Many of the pre-existing gaps were filled by the end of 2020 as part of the Empire State Trail project. The Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail is the backbone of the trail network of the Capital District, with direct connections to the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail , the Black Bridge Trail, the Champlain Canalway Trail , the ALCO ...
Dutchess Rail Trail in the Fall. The Dutchess Rail Trail is a 13-mile (21 km) rail trail that stretches from the former Hopewell Junction train depot, north to the Poughkeepsie entrance of the Walkway over the Hudson. [1] It's a shared use rail trail open for pedestrians and bicyclers. The Dutchess Rail Trail forms part of the Empire State ...
The arches now support a tow path trail. A picnic area on the Mohawk Hudson Bike/Hike Trail, along the Hudson River. The New York State Canalway Trail is a network of multi-use trails that runs parallel to current or former sections of the Erie, Oswego, Cayuga-Seneca, and Champlain canals. When completed, the system will have 524 miles (843 km ...
In February 2021, Metro-North filed to abandon a 41-mile (66 km) segment of the Beacon Line between Beacon and the New York-Connecticut border, pursuant to the Housatonic Railroad's trackage rights being resolved. This would allow for the extension of the Empire State Trail. [16] Housatonic indicated its opposition to the proposed abandonment. [17]
The trail continues an additional 0.5-mile (0.80 km) past the beginning of the complex to Tony Williams Park. [23] The trail was extended about 2 miles (3.2 km) west as part of the Empire State Trail project. This section parallels New York State Route 299, ending just west of the New York State Thruway in New Paltz.