Posted in Ithaca, Ontario Pathways Trail, Rail-trail, Trail Building, tagged Caroline, Caroline Trails and Natural Areas Committee, Lackawanna, owego, parks & trails new york, South Hill Recreation Way on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) lives loud and strong when it comes to building trails. Reading an Ithaca Journal article reminds me of the trials and tribulations Ontario Pathways went through to build their rail trail. Now the Ontario Pathways Trail is a gem of the community. The Caroline Trails and Natural Areas Committee [...]
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Posted in Buffalo, Rail-trail, Trail Building, Western NY, tagged new york, ny, allegany state park, parks & trails new york, cattaraugus county, Erie County, Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Western New York Snowmobile Club, McGee Trail, Niagara Greenway on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
By Elmer Ploetz, link to original Buffalo news article
Proponents of turning the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad line into a multiuse trail through Orchard Park and points south are attempting to be proactive. They’re gathering support for the proposed trail even though the tracks have yet to be abandoned by the parent company, Genesee &Wyoming [...]
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Posted in Biking, History, Rail-trail, Uncategorized, tagged Lehigh Valley Railroad, Lehigh Valley Trail, Mendon, Mendon Foundation, new york, ny, Pete Peterson, Rochester Junction, Take Your Bike, trains, victor on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Avid railfan and Ontario Pathways board member Pete Peterson will lead a 14-mile round trip bike excursion on the Lehigh Valley Trail July 26th. The Lehigh valley railroad ceased to exist in the mid-1970s, but the Lehigh Valley Trail across the towns of Victor, Mendon and Rush lives on as an excellent source of recreation. [...]
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Posted in Hudson River, Rail-trail, Trail Building, tagged Dutchess County, Lloyd, new york, ny, Poughkeepsie, railroad trestle, Ulster County, Walkway Over the Hudson on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
In the fall of 2009 you’ll be able to walk across the Hudson River from the City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County to the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County over the 150 year-old Poughkeepsie Highland Railroad bridge. Work has begun to convert this old railroad bridge into a multi-use pathway and pedestrian park - [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Backpacking, Biking, Canoeing, Cobblestone, Hiking, History, Kayaking, Paddling, Rail-trail, Waterfalls, tagged new york, footprint press, ny, adk, staycation, Cyclotours, NY-NJ Trail Conference, Friends of the Finger Lakes, Buffalo Books on June 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Have you heard this term yet? Staycation - it’s the latest buzz word - driven by the rising cost of gasoline and airplane fuel. On a vacation you vacate - you go somewhere. On a staycation you stay - stay home that is and do something local.
It’s not such a bad idea. I lived and [...]
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Posted in Rail-trail, Southern Tier, tagged new york, Conservation, ny, Rail-trail, elmira, Route 17, I-86, road widening on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
A beautiful rail-trail that runs next to the Chemung River and state Route 17, just east of the Water Street exit in Elmira is threatened by a road widening project. Read more here:
http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080121/COLUMNIST36/801210310
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Posted in Biking, Rail-trail, tagged bike, Biking, chatham, columbia county, harlem valley, hike, Hiking, new york, ny, Rail-trail, Trail, wassaic on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
The Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association (HVRTA) has reached an agreement to acquire 14 miles of abandoned railroad bed in Columbia County for inclusion in the trail it initiated in the early 1980s.
While many smaller parcels along the route remain in private hands, the trail could eventually stretch 46 miles south from Chatham to the [...]
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Posted in Biking, Hiking, Ithaca, Rail-trail, Trail Building, tagged new york, ny, Ithaca, Trail, Rail-trail, black diamond, Trail Building on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
The Black Diamond Trail is a multi-use trail network that is being built west of Cayuga Lake, north of Ithaca. It will connect Taughannock State Park, Allan H. Treman State Marine Park (by Cass Park), Buttermilk Falls State Park and Robert Treman State Park. It will connect into the Cayuga Waterfront Trail (see page 123 [...]
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Posted in Hiking, Rail-trail, Rochester, tagged hike, Hiking, hojack, new york, ny, railtrail, Rochester, vosburg, webster on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
It had been several years since Rich & I visited Vosburg Hollow. The Webster Trails group had acquired access to the land that sits at the west end of
the Hojack Trail where Shipbuilders Creek flows under the old Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (Hojack Line) through a large culvert. At that time, all we could do [...]
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A new trail, called The Moody Trail, is being built in Ontario County. The mile-long rail-trail will connect Gorham and Rushville when completed. It’s being cleared now, but work on bridges must be completed before the trail is ready for use. Read more in this article from Messenger Post Newspapers:
http://www.mpnnow.com/homepage/x225117922
Meanwhile, for maps and information on [...]
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