Poughkeepsie

Walkway OTH

Dutchess rail trail

Harlem Valley rail trail

Hyde Park Trails

Highland

Walkway Loop Trail

Wallkill Valey rail trail

Hudson Valley rail trail

Nyack

CITY and TOWN of POUGHKEEPSIE
bike paths and routes

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

WALKWAY OVER THE HUDSON

the east end entrance (Parker Ave. City of Poughkeepsie) lower parking lot is being expanded - there may be some construction activity in this area

DUTCHESS RAIL TRAIL

phase 3 construction is under way this section will go from CR 49 - Titusville Rd. in the town of La Grange,to the north end of the previously completed and open phase 1 section in the town of East Fishkill

This rail trail is paved- Phase I - a 1.8 mi section from the southern terminus in Hopewell Jct. to Walton Lake (2008) and Phase II - a 2.4 mi. Poughkeepsie section from the northern terminus - Morgan Lake, in the City of Poughkeepsie to Overocker Rd., in the town of Poughkeepsie (2009) - have been completed and are now open K.E.N. 06/18/10 – there still is that section in the town of Poughkeepsie to be done (phase 4) which will require a new RT overpass bridge for SR 55 – and so this RT will still be considered “under construction”

maps:
note: all maps are PDF documents
official DC rail trail map - phase II - front and back
NOTE:copies of this map available at Overocker Road parking area (in wood map holder that looks like bird feeder)

UN-official annotated phase II map

the below are the planning meeting maps from 2006:
northern terminus - City and town of Poughkeepsie

town of Poughkeepsie

town of Lagrange north (SR 55 area)

town of Lagrange south

town of Wappingers

southern terminus - Hopewell Jct. (town of East Fishkill)

HARLEM VALLEY RAIL TRAIL

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 

HYDE PARK TRAILS

^{Roosevelt Farm Lane - part of the main trail}

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.

HUDSON VALLEY RAIL TRAIL

Ulster County Town of Lloyd -this rail-trail is paved – the current open section of this paved rail trail is only about 2¼ mile long with a ¼ mile unpaved section at the eastern end in the village of Highland – there is a pavilion / shelter, an old RR caboose, and parking lot at the eastern end and a town park at the western end – only on a few occasions have I seen the bathroom open in the pavilion – the bathrooms in the town park are only open seasonly (during softball season)

construction has begun extending this RT east to the west end of the Walkway Over The Hudson state park K.E.N. 03-16-10

route to-from the Atlantic Coast Route text no point-to-point mileage

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 –
USE CAUTION WHEN CROSSING the path from here is asphalt and continues along the NB side of the highway and crosses the entrance to the bridge USE CAUTION WHEN CROSSING and exits onto a side road

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

WALLKILL VALLEY RAIL TRAIL

Ulster County -this rail-trail is unpaved - 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.

I understand that the old RR trestle in Rosendale may be closed due to unsafe conditions. When I was there in April (2009) the bridge was still open. However I did notice that a section of the dirt/gravel parking lot had washed away. With all the rain in this area during the late spring-early summer, there must have been quite a bit more erosion. In addition the wood deck on the bridge had some boards that were warped and there were nails sticking up.
K.E.N. 09-26-09

NYACK area TRAILWAYS

^{Nyack Beach SP Greenway Trail}