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Best New York rail trails
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Black Diamond Trail
A rugged 22-mile natural-surface trail along the Susquehanna and Chemung river corridors near Watkins Glen, named for the Black Diamond Express passenger train that once ran through this region of the Finger Lakes.
22 milesNaturalPoint to pointRail trail
Black River Trail
A 14-mile multi-use trail along the Black River in the western Adirondack foothills between Watertown and Lyons Falls, following a former railroad corridor through river gorges, waterfalls, and northern hardwood forest.
14 milesCrushed stonePoint to pointRail trail
Catharine Valley Trail
A 13-mile stone-dust rail-trail and canal towpath corridor through the glacially carved valley south of Seneca Lake in New York's Finger Lakes region, connecting Watkins Glen and Mark Twain State Park.
13 milesCrushed stonePoint to pointRail trail
Pat McGee Trail
A 12.1-mile rail-trail through the Cattaraugus County hills connecting Salamanca and Cattaraugus, with connections to the Finger Lakes Trail and North Country Trail near Allegany State Park.
12.1 milesCrushed stonePoint to point