| Trail name |
Length |
Location |
Original Rail Road |
Opening date |
|---|
| Adirondack Rail Trail |
34 miles (55 km)[1] |
Essex and Franklin counties |
New York Central Railroad |
December 1, 2023[2] |
| Akron Clarence Trail |
12 miles (19 km) |
Erie County |
West Shore and Buffalo Railroad[3] |
2004[4] |
| Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail |
9.8 miles (15.8 km) [5] |
Albany County |
Albany and Susquehanna Railroad (Delaware and Hudson Railway) |
2011[6] |
| Albany-Hudson Electric Trail* |
36 miles |
Rensselaer and Columbia counties |
Albany and Hudson Electric Railway (Albany Southern Railroad) |
2020 |
| Allegheny River Valley Trail |
5.6 miles (9.0 km)[7] |
Allegany and Cattaraugus counties |
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway (Pennsylvania Railroad) |
1998[8] |
| Andes Rail Trail |
1 mile (1.6 km) plus 2 miles (3.2 km) Bullet Hole Spur |
Andes, Delaware County |
Delaware and Northern Railroad |
June 2012[9] |
| Ashokan Rail Trail |
11.5 miles (18.5 km) |
Ulster County |
Ulster and Delaware Railroad |
October 18, 2019[10] |
| Auburn Trail |
12 miles (19 km) from Powder Mills Park through Victor to Canandaigua Farmington Town Line Rd |
Ontario County |
Auburn and Rochester Railroad |
1993[11] |
| Ballston Bike Path |
3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
Saratoga County |
Schenectady Railway Company |
1994[12] |
| Black Diamond Trail |
8 miles (13 km) Taughannock Falls State Park to Ithaca, New York |
Tompkins County |
Lehigh Valley Railroad |
2016 |
| 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. |
1973 |
| Catharine Valley |
12.9 miles (20.8 km)[13] |
Chemung and Schuyler Counties |
Chemung Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad) |
2002[14] |
| Cato–Fair Haven Trail |
12.7 miles (20.4 km) |
Cayuga County |
Lehigh Valley Railroad (Auburn Branch) |
|
| Catskill Scenic Trail |
26 miles (42 km) from Bloomville to Roxbury |
Delaware County |
Ulster and Delaware Railroad |
1990[15] |
| 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[16] |
? |
Erie County |
Lehigh Valley Railroad |
2009 |
| Chittenango Gorge Trail |
? |
Cazenovia |
? |
|
| Corkscrew Rail Traill |
3 miles |
Stephentown |
Rutland Railroad |
June 6, 2015[17] |
| Corning Bike Path |
3.3 miles (5.3 km) Corning-Painted Post Middle School to Princeton Avenue, Corning, New York[18] |
Steuben County |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad[19] |
|
| DnH Canal Heritage Corridor North |
? |
? |
? |
|
| DnH Canal Heritage Corridor South |
? |
? |
? |
|
| Dutchess Rail Trail* |
13 miles (21 km) |
Dutchess County |
Central New England Railway |
2007[20] |
| 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) |
|
| Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail |
|
East Aurora |
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad |
2023[21] |
| Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Rail Trail |
? |
Fulton County |
Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad |
2007 |
| 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) |
1992[22] |
| Gorge Trail |
2.2 miles (3.5 km)[23] |
Chittenango Falls State Park, Madison County |
Lehigh Valley Railroad (Elmira and Cortland Branch) |
|
| Greater Jamestown Riverwalk[24] |
? |
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) |
1996 |
| High Line |
1.4 miles (2.3 km) Gansevoort Street to 34th Street |
Manhattan |
New York Central Railroad |
2009 |
| 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) |
1997 [25] |
| Huckleberry Multi-Use Trail[26] |
? |
Tannersville, New York |
Ulster and Delaware Railroad |
|
| Hudson Valley Rail Trail* |
4 miles (6.4 km)[27] |
Lloyd, Ulster County |
Central New England and Western Railroad |
1997 |
| Jim Schug Trail |
4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
Dryden, Tompkins County |
Lehigh Valley Railroad[28] |
|
| John Kieran Nature Trail |
? |
Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx[29] |
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) |
1994[30] |
| Kaaterskill Rail Trail |
Currently 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The goal is to connect the Village of Hunter to North-South Lake[26] |
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) |
July 4, 1984[31] |
| Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail |
? |
Kings Park, Suffolk County |
Long Island Rail Road, Kings Park State Hospital spur |
August 2014[32] |
| 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 |
2004[33] |
| Lehigh Memory Trail |
0.5 miles |
Williamsville, Erie County[34] |
Depew and Tonawanda Railroad (Lehigh Valley Railroad) |
1990[35] |
| 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* |
28.2 miles |
Dutchess and Putnam Counties. |
Beacon Line (Metro-North Railroad / New York and New England Railroad) from Hopewell Junction to Brewster |
January 4, 2021 [36] |
| 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. |
1977[37] |
| 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) |
1981[38] |
| North Shore Rail Trail |
10.4 miles |
Port Jefferson Station to Wading River, Suffolk County |
Long Island Rail Road, Wading River Extension |
June 10, 2022[39] |
| Northport Rail Trail |
0.65 miles (1.05 km) |
Suffolk County |
Long Island Rail Road, Northport Branch |
2008 |
| 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) |
1992[40] |
| 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 |
1996[41] |
| Oswego Recreational Trail |
? |
Oswego County |
New York, Ontario and Western Railway |
1979[42] |
| Pat McGee Trail |
12.2 miles (19.6 km) |
Cattaraugus County |
Erie Railroad |
1987[43] |
| Pendleton Rail Trail |
|
Pendleton |
Erie Railroad |
2006-2007[44] |
| 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[45] |
? |
|
| South County Trailway* |
14.1 miles (22.7 km) |
Westchester County |
New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
August 1999 [46] |
| South Hill Recreation Way |
4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
Thompkins County |
Ithaca and Owego Railroad (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad) |
1988[47] |
| 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) |
|
| Tonawanda Rails to Trails |
? |
Tonawanda |
Erie Railroad |
August 11, 2016[48] |
| Town of Edwards Nature Trail |
? |
St. Lawrence County |
Gouverneur and Oswegatchie Railroad (New York Central Railroad)[49] |
|
| Uncle Sam Bikeway |
3 miles (4.8 km) |
Troy |
Boston and Maine Railroad |
1981
[17] |
| Vestal Rail Trail |
2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
Broome County |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
2002[50] |
| Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail |
3.22 miles (5.18 km)[51] |
Orange and Ulster Counties |
Wallkill Valley Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
April, 1991[52] |
| Walkway over the Hudson* (Poughkeepsie Bridge) |
1.28 miles (2.06 km)[53] |
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. |
2009 |
| Wallkill Valley Rail Trail* |
23.7 miles (38.1 km)[54] |
Ulster County |
Wallkill Valley Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
1993 |
| Warren County Bikeway |
9.4 miles (15.1 km)[55] from Glens Falls to Lake George |
Warren County |
Delaware and Hudson Railroad |
1979 as first rail trail in New York state[56] |
| Zim Smith Trail |
12 miles (19 km) |
Saratoga County |
Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad (Delaware and Hudson Railroad) |
October 31, 2010 [57] |
