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Catskill Trail. Photo by Steve Aaron.
Safest at Home

Limiting public interaction, even outdoors, is the best option during this time.

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Events and gatherings are postponed or will be held digitally.

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2020 Westchester Trails Map

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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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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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Three Lakes Loop

This hike loops around three scenic lakes — Vernay Lake, Teatown Lake and Shadow Lake — in the...

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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.
 

Remember: The safest place right now is at home.

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