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Trail organizations or links in the NY/NJ Area 

See member clubs, other clubs and trail partners for primary links.

• 25 Great Walks in Morris County
• Adirondack Mountain Club
• ADKHighPeaks.com
• Ansche Chesed Outings Group
• Bear Mountain Zoo Lowest point on AT
• Camper's Group
• Catskill Center for Conservation & Development
• Catskill Overview more links to Catskills
• Connecticut Forests & Parks Association
• County Park Departments
  • Bergen County NJ Department of Parks
    • Camp Glen Gray
  • Essex County NJ Department of Parks and Recreational Affairs
  • Hunterdon County NJ Department of Parks and Recreation
  • Morris County NJ Parks Commission
  • Suffolk County NJ
  • Ulster County NY
  • Westchester County Parks NY

• Delaware and Hudson Canal Linear Park, Sullivan County, NY (multiuse rail trail)
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Dunderberg Spiral Railway: Hiking Trails
• EventMe Sometimes has hikes listed (usually cost) and sometimes other hiking/trail maintenance events.
• Friends of Fahnestock and Hudson Highlands State Parks
• Friends of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission
• Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Inc.
• Green Apple Map (NYC part of the Green Map System)
• Green Map System
  • Meadowlands
  • Westchester County
• Harriman Hikers
• HI-AYH Ski Club of NY
• High Land Flings -- Hiking Tours
• Hiking Long Island
• Hiking NYC Watershed Lands
• HudsonRiver.Com
• Hudson Valley Gateway
• Hudson Valley Orienteering
• Hunter College Geography Department
• Jersey Off Road Bicycle Association
• Jockey Hollow
• Long Island Outside.com
• Long Island Trail Lovers Coalition
• Manitoga Nature Preserve
• Mid-Hudson Horse Trails Association
• Mohican Outdoor Center
• National Scenic Byways Online (Scenic roads - none in NJ, most of NYs are way upstate)
• New Jersey AT
• New Jersey Campground Owners Association
• New Jersey State Parks
• New Jersey Trails Association
• New York Parks and Conservation Association renamed
• New Jersey Recreation and Park Association
• NewYork Pinewoods Folk Music Club
• New York Sports Online (hiking pages)
• New York State Canal System
  • New York State Canalway Trail System
• New York Trails
• NYS Recreation & Parks Society, Inc.
• NYSDEC - Forest Rangers Licensed Guide Program
• Online Guide to the Catskills
• Parks & Trails New York
  • Cycling the Erie Canal (also hiking)
• Princeton University Outdoor Action Plan
• Ramapo State Forest Information pages
• Shorewalkers
• Sierra Club - New Jersey Chapter, Shore Group
• Staten Island Greenbelt Conservancy
• Stewart Parks and Reserve Coalition SPARC
• Tenafly Nature Center
• Trails in NJ Walking - Running - Boarding - Biking - Fitness
• Views from the Top - NE trail conditions
• Virtual Reality Field Trip in Harriman State Park
• Westport Singles Hiking Group

Regional Trail organizations outside the NY/NJ Area

• AMC Home Page
• Appalachian Trail Home Page E-mail for information: info@atconf.org
• Appalachian Trail Home Page (Kathy Bilton's page)
• The Appalachian Trail in Connecticut
• Appalachian Trailplace: A Website for AT Thru-hikers
• Arizona Hiking Trails
• AZventure in Hiking
• Berkshire Natural Resources Council Trail Maps available
• Buckeye Trail
• Cape Cod Trails Conference
• Colorado Mountain Club
• Dartmouth Outing Club
• East Coast Greenway
• The Finger Lakes Region of New York State
• Finger Lakes Trail Conference
• Great Eastern Trail
• Green Mountain Club
• The Guy Waterman Alpine Stewardship Fund
• Cape May County, NJ
• Keystone Trails Association
• Ky Wilderness.Com
• The Leisurely Backpacker
• Massachusetts AT Committee
• Nature Northwest Virtual Visitor Center
• Outdoor Recreation Resources
• Pacific Southwest Region
• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Potomac Appalachian Trail Club One of the best sources of links about hiking.
• Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
• Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club
• Trail Journals
• USDA Forest Service Home Page
• Utah Online
• Virtual Parks Quicktime 360 panoramas
• Washington Trails Association

National Trail organizations or scope

• ActiveUSA -- America's Source for Participatory Sports
• American Discovery Trail
• American Discovery Trail Links and Resources
• American Hiking Society
• American Trails
• American Volkssport Association
• BikeWalk.org
• Bones in Motion
• FHWA Home Page - Federal Highway Administration
• Forestry AgNIC: Trail Planning
• GetOutdoors.com
• GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
• Great Old Broads for Wilderness
• Hikenet
• Hiking and Walking Homepage
• IMBA - International Mountain Bicycling Association
• U. Texas map collection
• InfoHub
• JM Hiking and Climbing Page
• Leave No Trace
• L.L. Bean Park Search
• Millennium Trails DOT
• Millennium Trails Organization
• MotionBased.com
• National Audubon Society - work your way down to local chapters - lots of properties with short hikes
• The National E-mail Directory for U.S. Trail/Mountaineering Clubs on the Internet
• National Park Service Home Page NPS
• National Park Service National Trails System
• National Recreation and Parks Association
• National Trails Training Partnership
• North Country Trail Association
• The Outdoors Club
• Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links
• Rails to Trails Conservancy
• Recreation.GOV - Recreational Opportunities on Federal Lands
• Recreational Trails Program Federal Highway Program Grants
• ReserveAmerica - Camping Reservations Online (NY Parks)
• Sierra Club Home Page
• Student Conservation Association
• thebackpacker.com
• Trails.com - Connecting People to the Outdoors
• TrailLink
• Trans Canada Trail
• United States Highpoints
• Urban Outdoors
• USDA Forest Service USFS
• Walkin' Jim Stoltz
• Walking Connection Home Page -- Come Walk The World With Us!
• What A View!
• Wilderness Information Network

International Hikes

• International Hikes - Hundreds of links to hikes around the world, not all in English.
• Hiking Trails Source - Find your epic hiking trail anywhere on the planet!
• International Appalachian Trail
• GORP - Hiking - The International Appalachian Trail from Maine to Quebec
• Go for Green - Vert l'action
• The Mountain Zone
• The Climbing Dutchman
• New Zealand
  • Te ARAROA - The Long Pathway
  • New Zealand Tramper
• Australia
  • Bushwalking Australia
  • Walking SA
  • South Australian Trails

Sportsman's Organizations

• Open Directory - Recreation Outdoors Fishing Associations and Clubs
• Open Directory - Recreation Outdoors Hunting Clubs and Associations

Tourism

NY

• Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
• - The 1st and most comprehensive guide to all of NY's majestic Hudson Valley Region.
• - NY State Tourism
• Kingston, New York - MidHudson and Catskills tourism
• Cold Spring Living

NJ

• New Jersey Skylands Tourism
• New Jersey Tourism

CT

• Connecticut Explorer's Guide

World

• Share your journey. Find your next adventure.

Activism (lobbying/education)

Environment & Conservation

Partners

Magazines

• Adirondack Sports & Fitness
• Backpacker Magazine
• Dig-it Magazine
• New Jersey Outdoors
• Outside Online
• Yahoo! Recreation Outdoors News and Media Magazines
• Open Directory - Recreation Outdoors Publications
• thebackpacker.com
• Rt23.com

Local news media

Press Releases

• NJ Governor's News Releases
• NY Press Releases
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Commercial Manufacturers, Books, Maps and Tours

Categorized lists of Hiking, Backpack or Walking sites

• About.com (recreation)
• About.com (backpacking/hiking)
• For Hiking
• LinkSelect (Outdoor Resources)
• LookSmart - exploring World - Sports & Recreation - Sports A-Z - Sports H - Hiking & Walking
• Mtnguide.org
• Outdoors Open Directory Project
• Outdoors Yahoo.com

Hiking Chat Groups, WebRings, Forums/Newsgroups, Blogs and Mailing Lists

• Chat

  Disclaimer: Chat groups are not always what they seem to be. You rarely know the people you are talking to and how much to trust what they say. The chat groups discussions occasionally wander off topic into areas that are not suitable for non-adult audiences. These are generally pretty clean.

  • Walking Chat Room @ Mining Company
  • Yahoo Hiking Club both chat and forum 
    

• Blogs
  • GreenCatskills.com
  • sectionhiker.com
• WebRings
  • Walkers and Hikers WebRing
    
• Forums/Newsgroups
  • alt.rec.hiking - lower traffic, less flames
  • ADKHighPeaks.com Forums
  • AMC Forums
  • Appalachian Trail-HyperNews Forum
  • Appalachian Trail Stories
  • AMC NY-NoJ Msg Board
  • Discussion Forum
  • GORP - Community - Hiking Forums
  • Gorp Forums
  • rec.backcountry - wear flame proof clothing
  • thebackpacker.com - trail talk
  • Thru-Hiker Gear and Resources for Long Distance Hikers
  • ThruHikers.com Forums
  • Trail Talk
  • Views from the Top Q&A Northeast
  • WhiteBlaze.Net
  • www.hikingforums.net Forum Index
  • Yahoo! Groups at-hikers
  • Yahoo! Groups appalachiantrailhikers

   

• Mailing lists - available by subscription
  • National Scenic Trails Mailing Lists
    • AT-L (Appalachian Trail)
    • PCT-L (Pacific Crest Trail)
    • IAT-L (Ice Age Trail)
  • ATML - Dan "Wingfoot" Bruce's mailing lists
  • groups.yahoo.com/group/harrimanhike/

Other links

• Accessibility for People with Disabilities
• Landscape Ecological Analysis of the Sterling Forest
• Metropolitan Plant Encyclopedia
• Moore Photography & Design
• Nature of New England - Birds, Butterflies, Mammals
• New England Antiquities Research Association
• New York Institute of Photography
• Plants of the New Jersey Pinelands (Pine Barrens)
• Ray Jardine's Adventure Page
• Stay Healthy While You Travel!
• Swimming Holes East
• Trail Planning, Construction, and Maintenance Database
• USGS Mapping Information: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Volunteer America
• WriterByNature.com