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Official Guide to The Lenape Trail

Our brand-new guide is your key to planning your next adventure, thanks to Partners for Health + Essex County Park System!

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Share the (Trail) Love at Liberty

Get a great price on a new car while helping trails + parks

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Catskill's Slide Mountain with View of the Devil's Path. Photo by Steve Aaron.
Section of Devil's Path/Long Path Reopened

Popular Catskill trail section is open via reroute after recent vandalism.

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Trail Conference Deputy Executive Director Josh Howard addresses a crowd during the placement of the final step on the Appalachian Trail at Bear Mountain in September 2018. Photo credit: Heather Darley/New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
Joshua Howard Named Executive Director

Meet Josh on a hike Dec. 13

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Schunemunk Mountain. Photo by Steve Aaron.
2019 West Hudson Trails Map

Hot off the press + new on the trails!

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Harriman-Bear Mountain in the fall. Photo by Susan Magnano.
Fall Trail Walker Is Here!

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Dia the Conservation Detection Dog. Photo by Arden Blumenthal.
Fighting Invasives, One Sniff at a Time

This dog is changing the way we combat invasive species.

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Welcome to the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference

Our passion is creating great trail experiences. Our 2,000-plus volunteers build, maintain, and protect trails and steward parklands because we believe everyone who seeks the outdoors should have the opportunity to connect with nature.

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Trail Conference volunteer Allegra Matthews. Photo by Allegra Matthews.
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Southwest Facing View on the Raccoon Brook Hills Trail in Harriman State Park. Photo by Daniel Chazin.
Reeves Brook/Raccoon Brook Hills/Pine Meadow Loop

This loop hike at the southern end of Harriman State Park follows several picturesque streams...

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Since 1920, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference has partnered with parks to create, protect, and promote a network of over 2,150 miles of public trails.
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Our volunteers maintain more than 2,150 miles of trails on lands stretching from New York City to the Delaware Water Gap, to the Catskills and beyond.
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400,000 volunteer hours over the past 5 years have gone into building and maintaining trails, monitoring invasive species, creating maps and guidebooks, and more.