| Trail name
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Length
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Location
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Original Rail Road
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| Adirondack Rail Trail
|
34 miles (55km)[1]
|
Essex and Franklin counties
|
New York Central Railroad
|
| Akron Clarence Trail
|
12 miles (19 km)
|
Erie County
|
West Shore and Buffalo Railroad[2]
|
| Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail
|
9.8 miles (15.8 km) [3]
|
Albany County
|
Albany and Susquehanna Railroad (Delaware and Hudson Railway)
|
| Albany-Hudson Electric Trail*
|
?
|
Rensselaer and Columbia counties
|
Albany and Hudson Electric Railway (Albany Southern Railroad)
|
| Allegheny River Valley Trail
|
5.6 miles (9.0 km)[4]
|
Allegany and Cattaraugus counties
|
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway (Pennsylvania Railroad)
|
| Andes Rail Trail
|
1 mile (1.6 km) plus 1 mile (1.6 km) Bullet Hole Spur
|
Andes, Delaware County
|
Delaware and Northern Railroad
|
| Ashokan Rail Trail
|
11.5 miles (18.5 km)
|
Ulster County
|
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
|
| Auburn Trail
|
12 miles (19 km) from Powder Mills Park through Victor to Canandaigua Farmington Town Line Rd
|
Ontario County
|
Auburn and Rochester Railroad
|
| Ballston Bike Path
|
3.5 miles (5.6 km)
|
Saratoga County
|
Schenectady Railway Company
|
| Black Diamond Trail
|
8 miles (13 km) Taughannock Falls State Park to Ithaca, New York
|
Tompkins County
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
| Black River Recreational Trail
|
3.5 miles (5.6 km)
|
Jefferson County
|
New York Central Railroad
|
| Bog Meadow Brook
|
2 miles (3.2 km)
|
Saratoga County
|
?
|
| Canalway Trail*
|
?
|
?
|
Mostly towpath trails, but parts, like the Mohawk-Hudson Trail (below), use former rail beds.
|
| Catharine Valley
|
12.9 miles (20.8 km)[5]
|
Chemung and Schuyler Counties
|
Chemung Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad)
|
| Cato–Fair Haven Trail
|
12.7 miles (20.4 km)
|
Cayuga County
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
| Catskill Scenic Trail
|
26 miles (42 km) from Bloomville to Roxbury
|
Delaware County
|
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
|
| Cayuga–Seneca Canal Trail
|
6.7 miles (10.8 km) from Geneva to Waterloo
|
Seneca County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Alison Wells Ney Trail
|
?
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Brocton Area Recreational Trail
|
2 miles (3.2 km)
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Laurie A. Baer Trail
|
1.1 miles (1.8 km)
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Nadine and Paul Webb Trail
|
1 mile (1.6 km)
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Nancy B. Diggs Trail
|
1.5 miles (2.4 km)
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Ralph C. Sheldon Jr. Trail
|
4.5 miles (7.2 km)
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Chautauqua Village of Mayville Trail
|
1.5 miles (2.4 km)
|
Chautauqua County
|
?
|
| Cheektowaga Rails to Trails[6]
|
?
|
Erie County
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
| Chittenango Gorge Trail
|
?
|
Cazenovia
|
?
|
| Corning Bike Path
|
3.3 miles (5.3 km) Corning-Painted Post Middle School to Princeton Avenue, Corning, New York[7]
|
Steuben County
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad[8]
|
| DnH Canal Heritage Corridor North
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| DnH Canal Heritage Corridor South
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Dutchess Rail Trail*
|
13 miles (21 km)
|
Dutchess County
|
Central New England Railway
|
| Electric Trolley Trail, Pittsford
|
1.8 miles (2.9 km) Shoen Place to Marsh Road
|
Pittsford, Monroe County
|
Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway (interurban, aka the Orange Line)
|
| Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Rail Trail
|
?
|
Fulton County
|
Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad
|
| Genesee Valley Greenway
|
59 miles (95 km) Jefferson Road Rt. 252 to Letchworth State Park and Sonyea, New York. Then segments and gaps to Cuba, New York
|
Monroe, Livingston, and Allegany Counties
|
Genesee Valley Rail Road (Pennsylvania Railroad)
|
| Gorge Trail
|
2.2 miles (3.5 km)[9]
|
Chittenango Falls State Park, Madison County
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad (Elmira and Cortland Branch)
|
| Greater Jamestown Riverwalk[10]
|
?
|
Chautauqua County
|
Erie Railroad (Only the portion north of downtown Jamestown along the Chadakoin River)
|
| Harlem Valley Rail Trail
|
?
|
Dutchess and Columbia Counties
|
New York and Harlem Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| High Line
|
1.4 miles (2.3 km) Gansevoort Street to 34th Street
|
Manhattan
|
New York Central Railroad
|
| Hojack Trail Cayuga
|
?
|
Cayuga County
|
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line)
|
| Hojack Trail Hamlin
|
14 miles (23 km) Wiler Road to East Kent Road
|
Monroe County
|
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line)
|
| Hojack Trail Hilton
|
2.8 miles (4.5 km) Salmon Creek Park to North Greece Road
|
Monroe County
|
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line)
|
| Hojack Trail Hannibal
|
6.6 miles (10.6 km) Viele Rd. to Martville Rd.
|
Wayne County
|
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line)
|
| Hojack Trail Webster
|
3.5 miles (5.6 km) Vosburg Rd. to Orchard Park
|
Webster, Monroe County
|
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line)
|
| Huckleberry Multi-Use Trail[11]
|
?
|
Tannersville, New York
|
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
|
| Hudson Valley Rail Trail*
|
4 miles (6.4 km)[12]
|
Lloyd, Ulster County
|
Central New England and Western Railroad
|
| Jim Schug Trail
|
4.2 miles (6.8 km)
|
Dryden, Tompkins County
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad[13]
|
| John Kieran Nature Trail
|
?
|
Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx[14]
|
New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail
|
3.8 miles (6.1 km)
|
Rockland County
|
Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie Railroad)
|
| Kaaterskill Rail Trail
|
Currently 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The goal is to connect the Village of Hunter to North-South Lake[15]
|
Greene County
|
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
|
| Kennedy Rail Trail
|
?
|
Westchester and Putnam Counties
|
New York and Mahopac Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Keuka Outlet Trail
|
6.8 miles (10.9 km)
|
Yates County
|
Fall Brook Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail
|
?
|
Kings Park, Suffolk County
|
Long Island Rail Road, Kings Park State Hospital spur
|
| Kingston Point Rail Trail*
|
1.2 miles (1.9 km), extension planned
|
Kingston, Ulster County
|
?
|
| Lehigh Valley Trail (Black Diamond)
|
16.2 miles (26.1 km) W. River Rd, Genesee Valley Greenway, Auburn Trail to NY 251
|
Monroe County and Ontario County
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
| Lehigh Memory Trail
|
?
|
Williamsville, Erie County[16]
|
Depew and Tonawanda Railroad (Lehigh Valley Railroad)
|
| Link Trail
|
?
|
Chittenango Falls State Park, Madison County
|
?
|
| Long Pond Greenbelt
|
?
|
Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor, Suffolk County
|
Long Island Rail Road, Sag Harbor Branch
|
| Maple City Trail
|
?
|
Ogdensburg and St. Lawrence County
|
?
|
| Maybrook Trailway*
|
?
|
Dutchess and Putnam Counties.
|
Beacon Line (Metro-North Railroad / New York and New England Railroad) from Hopewell Junction to Brewster
|
| Mohawk Hudson Bike/Hike Trail* (part of Canalway Trail System)
|
86, with gaps in Watervliet, Colonie and Pattersonville
|
Schenectady and Albany Counties.
|
Schenectady and Troy Railroad (New York Central Railroad) from Cohoes to Schenectady. Towpath trail from there west.
|
| Newstead Trail
|
?
|
Erie County
|
West Shore and Buffalo Railroad
|
| North County Trailway*
|
22.1 miles (35.6 km)
|
Westchester County
|
New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| North Shore Rail Trail
|
?
|
Port Jefferson Station to Wading River, Suffolk County
|
Long Island Rail Road, Wading River Extension
|
| Northport Rail Trail
|
0.65 miles (1.05 km)
|
Suffolk County
|
Long Island Rail Road, Northport Branch
|
| Nyack Rail Trail
|
?
|
Rockland County
|
New York and Erie Railroad (Erie Railroad)
|
| Ontario Pathways Trail (Canandaigua to Stanley)
|
11 miles (18 km) East Street Canandaigua to Flint Road
|
Ontario County
|
Northern Central (Pennsylvania Railroad)
|
| Ontario Pathways Trail (Stanley to Phelps)
|
8.7 miles (14.0 km)
|
Ontario County
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
| Ontario and Western Rail Trail (Kingston to Ellenville)
|
35 miles (56 km)
|
Ulster County
|
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
|
| Orange Heritage Trailway
|
19.5 miles (31.4 km)
|
Orange County
|
Erie Railroad
|
| Oswego Recreational Trail
|
?
|
Oswego County
|
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
|
| Pat McGee Trail
|
12.2 miles (19.6 km)
|
Cattaraugus County
|
Erie Railroad
|
| Portage Trail
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Putnam County Trailway*
|
12
|
Putnam County
|
New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Railroad Run
|
?
|
Saratoga County
|
?
|
| Rivergate Trail
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Trolley Trail
|
4.3 miles (6.9 km)
|
Monroe county
|
Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Rapid Railroad
|
| Rutland Trail
|
21.2 miles (34.1 km) from Norwood to Moira
|
St. Lawrence and Franklin counties
|
Rutland Railroad
|
| Sodus Point to Wallington Trail
|
2.3 miles (3.7 km)
|
Wayne County[17]
|
?
|
| South County Trailway*
|
14.1 miles (22.7 km)
|
Westchester County
|
New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Spring Run Trail
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Stillwater Multi-Use Trail*
|
?
|
Stillwater
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
| Tarrytown Lakes Extension
|
2.5 miles (4.0 km)
|
Westchester County
|
New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Town of Edwards Nature Trail
|
?
|
St. Lawrence County
|
Gouverneur and Oswegatchie Railroad (New York Central Railroad)[18]
|
| Uncle Sam Bikeway
|
3 miles (4.8 km)
|
Troy
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
| Vestal Rail Trail
|
2.2 miles (3.5 km)
|
Broome County
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|
| Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail
|
3.22 miles (5.18 km)[19]
|
Orange and Ulster Counties
|
Wallkill Valley Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Walkway over the Hudson* (Poughkeepsie Bridge)
|
1.28 miles (2.06 km)[20]
|
Poughkeepsie and Highland
|
The Maybrook Railroad Line, Central New England Railway (CNE), New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH), Penn Central (PC) and Conrail, et al
|
| Wallkill Valley Rail Trail*
|
23.7 miles (38.1 km)[21]
|
Ulster County
|
Wallkill Valley Railroad (New York Central Railroad)
|
| Warren County Bikeway
|
9.4 miles (15.1 km)[22] from Glens Falls to Lake George
|
Warren County
|
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
|
| Zim Smith Trail
|
12 miles (19 km)
|
Saratoga County
|
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
|
