The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is excited to announce the publication of Hike of the Week: A Year of Hikes in the New York Metro Area. This new book contains a selection of 52 hikes in the New York metropolitan area — one for each week of the year. The hikes are taken from Daniel…
Peter Dolan, a 2010 graduate of Bucknell University and a resident of Greenwood Lake, NY, has joined the staff of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as coordinator of our New Jersey programs. Peter holds a degree in biology from Bucknell and brings a variety of training and skills related to outdoor recreation and education to…
Longtime supporters of the New York/New Jersey Trail Conference gathered Sunday at Sun Valley Farm on Ramapo Valley Road to help raise the $100,000 the organization needs to secure a $500,000 donation. The group was challenged by The Bolger Foundation in March to raise $1 million by Nov. 1. If it meets that goal, the…
The NYNJTC unveiled a thermometer Wednesday to track its progress toward raising the money needed to restore the Darlington Schoolhouse in Mahwah for use as its future Headquarters.
To hike them, it helps to have a map. Lucky for you, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference just released a line of maps of the hikes to each of the five fire towers. All of them will be available at Morgan Outdoors this summer. You can also get them straight from the NYNJTC on their website. Here are…
STERLING FOREST STATE PARK: The NY–NJ Trail Conference has agreed with New York State Parks to develop a volunteer-based Back Country Trails Restoration Program in the Sterling Forest State Park. The program will train volunteers to inventory and assess trails, repair existing trails, and build new ones. Able-bodied individuals with an enthusiasm for outdoor service…
In the first half of the 20th century, observers stationed in fire towers across the Catskill Mountains scanned the region looking for signs of forest fires. Today, more remote methods are used to detect fires. But five fire towers remain standing–their 360-degree views of the Catskill Mountains and beyond still unparalleled–and they now serve…
Go Mellonie! On Saturday, July 20, Mellonie Sanborn of Morris Plains, NJ, plans to put her feet on 22 miles of ground for the benefit of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. Ms. Sanborn, a self-described “mature woman” who works weekdays as an executive administrator with Black Rock investment company in Manhattan and enjoys hiking…
Eighteen volunteers from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference made quick work of building a new trail bridge over Platte Kill Creek in the Platte Clove Preserve on the last weekend of June. The volunteer crew completed a new 30-foot span that is an important link in the Long Path, the 350-mile trail that extends…
KINGSTON, NY: On Monday, June 17th, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference released a study entitled Catskill Mountain Rail Trail: Economic & Fiscal Impact Analysis. The study, conducted by Camoin Associates, was commissioned with support from Ulster County Businessman Sean Eldridge and The Dyson Foundation. The proposed 32 to 38-mile trail would connect the city of…
HAINES FALLS — The Mountain Top Historical Society celebrated National Trails Day Saturday by opening the historic and long-awaited Kaaterskill Rail Trail in Haines Falls. The walking trail was officially opened to the public at 10:30 a.m., with enthusiastic speeches by representatives of the many organizations involved in its development, including the town of Hunter,…
MAHWAH, NJ: Outdoor equipment retailer REI has announced a $10,000 grant to the Catskills Lean-to Repair, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Program operated by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. This grant will allow the Trail Conference to expand its program of improving, repairing, and rebuilding 29 lean-tos and their privies along the 200 miles of Trail…
