area trailways and bike paths
Walkway OTH |
EAST SIDE OF THE HUDSON |
WEST SIDE OF THE HUDSON |
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C.O.P. - Wilbur Ave. path – notes City and Town local route – this signed local route, on city streets, utilizes a short path that leads into the US rt. 9 north-bound sidewalk – this route provides a route to the services on US rt. 9 |
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There is now an 8 1/2 mile long contiguous trail from a bit beyond the old depot (under restoration) in Hopewell Jct.,town of East Fishkill,to Manchester Rd. in the town of Poughkeepsie. (old rt. 55 behind Page lumber) The rail trail now includes educational interpretive signs,directional-mileage signs at intersections and engraved wood mileage markers.There is parking,trail access,and a Kiosk at Diddell Rd. in the town of Wappingers.
This rail trail is paved - maps:
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HARLEM VALLEY RAIL TRAIL
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This rail trail is paved - technically the trail is under construction but the 11 mile section in Dutchess County from Wasaaic to Milerton is open – there are plans for, and/or ongoing construction of, a section from Millerton extending into Columbia County to connect with an existing section in that county – when fully completed this rail-trail will be 22 miles in length |
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The Roosevelt Farm Lane road-trail is part of the longer main trail, of the Hyde Park trails system,emblazoned with a distinctive Tulip leaf marker. The road-trail surface is mostly hard packed fine gravel. One could easily ride this with a road touring or "hybrid" bicycle equiped with 700 X 35c tires. The main road-trail is the only trail that bicycles are allowed. Bicycles are not allowed on the side hiking-only trails.There are motor-vehicle-road-like signs on the Farm Lane trail, at ATB height. |
KLARA SAUER TRAIL
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Beacon, Dutchess county this rail and trail is un-paved this 1 mile multi use trail,which follows along a section of the MNRR Beacon-Danbury branch line and a section of the Hudson line, was previously known as the Beacon Riverside Trail - the trail was re-named, and dedicated to, Klara Sauer in June of 2009 |
HIGHLAND
trailways and paths
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Ulster County Town of Lloyd -this rail-trail is paved - 3.6 miles –
the new section of this paved rail trail is now open - the rail trail now goes from the west end of the Walkway OTH (0.0 mi.) to the Tony Williams park in the town of Lloyd.(3.6 mi.)
There is a parking lot on Haviland Rd. at the eastern trailhead.There is an old caboose (that used to be on the Walkway) and an information kiosk here.
At Commercial Ave., in the village of Highland there is access to the RT and a small parking lot.(1.1 mi.) At 2.2 miles there is a pavilion / shelter
another old RR caboose with RR themed art in the windows, and parking lot.The bathrooms in the Tony Williams town park,at the western terminus, are only open seasonly (during
softball season)
There
is a path / sidewalk along the NB side of US rt 9W at the
intersection of US rt 9W and Haviland Rd. (ACR)
this
was part of the US rt 9W renovations in this section a few years
ago that provides access to the shopping center– the
northern most section at Haviland Rd. is concrete and extends to
the FDR Mid Hudson bridge (US
rt 44 / SR 55) exit
to 9W north – there is ped crossing marking on the roadway
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SCENIC HUDSON FRANNY REESE STATE PARK – this unique area is part nature preserve and part historical site – within this park there are the ruins of an abandoned village which include the remains of an old windmill – the old roads make for good mountain bike trails, however some of the trails in this preserve are primarily hiking trails – see my blog for more info
OFFICIAL WALKWAY LOOP TRAIL map
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Ulster
County -this
rail-trail is unpaved
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as per the Hudson
Valley Bikeways & Trailways guide
book (second
ed.) there
is supposedly a 15 mi. north
section
open from Rosendale
to Kingston – I
can tell you for a fact the
rail-trail proper northern terminus is
at the middle of the RR trestle in the village of Rosendale –
beyond this there is only RR ties on the bridge and a
“hole-in-the-woods” beyond this point with possibly,
at best, a single track mountain bike path – the ROW is
undeveloped – the above guide book also indicates the south
section that is open is 12.2 mi., but I think from Gardiner, at
the south end, all the way to the village of Rosendale, to the
middle of the trestle at the north end, it is more like 15 mi. |
Putnam County Trailways
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Putnam Trailway This rail trail is paved - about half of this 12 mile total rail trail along the old Putnam line ROW
is complete - a section is curently as of 08-2010 under construction and another section in the village of Brewster is under design
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Nyack area Trailways
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