Trail News

We love meeting new people on the trail. And we loved getting to show off the hard work of our volunteers and Corps members on a hike with U.S. Senator Cory…

Jersey Off Road Bicycle Association (JORBA) and the Trail Conference collaborated on an important bridge project in the Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area in Morris County, N.J., with great results. Planning for this…

Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park in New York’s Putnam County has long been a favorite destination with over 60 miles of blazed trails, many of them quiet and uncrowded. The park,…

A new, multi-use trail system that supports healthy communities and ecotourism in the greater Lake Hopatcong region is becoming reality, thanks to private-public partnerships and a belief in the power…

Some say that the job of designing, building, and maintaining sustainable trails involves managing two things—people and water—and that the two are usually related. For instance, minimum impact recreation principles…

Volunteer leaders Bob Jonas and Estelle Anderson care just as passionately about their fellow volunteers as they do trails. In Morristown National Historical Park in Morris County, N.J., the duo has created a roving trail…

If a time machine could take us back to the early years of the Trail Conference, what would we change? Hindsight is 20/20, of course, and organizations, like people, learn…

Congratulations to our Board member Charlie in completing his Long Path section hike! Charlie’s journey began on July 3, and not only did he crush it on the trail, but…

The work the Trail Conference does now impacts how future generations will experience the outdoors. Imagine a group of passionate people who believe in the power of connecting with nature…

On July 31, the Trail Conference teamed up with Kim Levinsky, the philanthropic founder of Sassquad Trail Running, as well as Harriman State Park and the Town of Tuxedo, to host a sold-out, first…

Meet Eric Friedman (above, left), a long-time Trail Conference shelter caretaker for the Baldwin Memorial Shelter on Mt. Tremper in the Catskills Forest Preserve. The shelter’s accompanying privy had fallen into…

When there is an urgent threat of invasive species in our region, the Trail Conference’s Ecological Stewardship team springs into action. Our latest target: spotted lanternfly (SLF).  Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a…

On the Upper Nyack Trail project, the Long Distance Trails Crew installed 351 stone steps, built 2,537 square feet of crib wall, and constructed 3,775 feet of sidehilled trail. In the shadow…

The Hunterdon Hiking Club of New Jersey recently celebrated its 40th year. A Trail Conference member club, the group hosts outings and maintains trails. Hunterdon County in New Jersey is…

On the Upper Nyack Trail project, the Long Distance Trails Crew installed 351 stone steps, built 2,537 square feet of crib wall, and constructed 3,775 feet of sidehilled trail. In the shadow…