Trail News

If you were to ask me 10 years ago, 18-years-old and a recent high-school graduate, where I saw myself in a decade, building trails with the New York-New Jersey Trail…

Kendra Baumer joined the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference team as the new Volunteer Engagement Manager in November. She’s been a Trail Conference member and trail maintainer for over two years. In…

John Gunzler, a tireless champion of the Trail Conference for 37 years, passed away on November 10. He was 82. John was a mentor and friend to many at the…

The Gunzlers created the Trail Conference’s Legacy Fund to ensure that the trails and natural areas we share are accessible for all to enjoy for generations to come. In 2011,…

The Lenape Trail passes through 19 different parks in Essex and serves as a “highlight reel” of what the area has to offer in terms of hiking and outdoor recreation, from the paved…

New signage has been developed for New Jersey state parks and forests to help improve your trail experience. We’ve all seen them before— trailhead kiosks filled with waterlogged pages of…

Benjamin Moore Paint donates more than $1,000 of paint to the Trail Conference for blazing trails. The Trail Conference would like to thank Benjamin Moore for their donation of over $1,000 worth of paint. Generous…

As volunteer chair of the Long Path North and chair of the Trail Conference Conservation Committee, it’s quite possible that Andy Garrison knows more about and devotes more time to…

Due to overuse and misuse, Peekamoose Blue Hole in the Catskills was identified as a 2017 Leave No Trace Hot Spot. In other words, the Blue Hole has now been nationally recognized as…

The Breakneck Connector will improve safety, infrastructure, local quality of life, and one of America’s top hiking attractions. Updated: May 2019 The partners spearheading the creation of the Hudson Highlands Fjord…

The new Crom Pond Trail bridge connects a previously inaccessible corner of FDR State Park with the Yorktown business area. FDR State Park is the largest park in the Town…

For the last five years, the Trail Conference has been doing our part to protect the rich biodiversity of the region as leaders of the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional…

The heart of the Trail Conference has not changed, but our updated mission-vision statement better addresses the contemporary challenges and opportunities we face. When the Trail Conference was founded in…