Mileage

Miles of Trail vs Miles Hiked

The mileage listed at the front of each chapter is the miles of trail or trail miles. If one hikes to a destination for 2.3 miles and returns, one has hiked 4.6 miles. If there is an access 0.2-mile trail to a loop which measures 1.8 miles, there are 2.0 miles of trails, but 2.2 miles hiked.

Total Mileage

The total number of miles of trails in Walkable Weschester is calculated by adding all the miles of trails listed in a chapter and subtracting off all duplicate miles. Thus if the 1.7-mile red trail and the 1.5 mile blue trail are co-aligned for 0.3 mile, the total miles of trail is 2.9 miles. (1.7+1.5-0.3).