Rail Trails Pennsylvania New Jersey And New York

Across the country, more than 1,600 unused railroad corridors have been converted to level, public, multiuse trails, where people can enjoy a fitness run, a leisurely bike ride, or a stroll with the family. In this newest addition to the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the Northeast’s finest rail-trails. Rail-Trails Northeast covers one hundred of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania’s rail-trails. With a rich industrial and passenger rail history, the Northeast is one of the densest rail-trail regions in the country. Rural, suburban, or urban, rail-trails serve as the backbone of an impressive trail system. This two-color book includes succinct descriptions of each trail from start to finish, plus at-a-glance summary information indicating permitted uses, surface type, length, and directions to trailheads for each trail. Every trip has a detailed map that includes start and end points, trailhead, parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities.

Across the country, more than 1,600 unused railroad corridors have been converted to level, public, multiuse trails, where people can enjoy a fitness run, a leisurely bike ride, or a stroll with the family. In this newest addition to the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the Northeast's finest rail-trails. Rail-Trails Northeast covers one hundred of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania's rail-trails. With a rich industrial and passenger rail history, the Northeast is one of the densest rail-trail regions in the country. Rural, suburban, or urban, rail-trails serve as the backbone of an impressive trail system. This two-color book includes succinct descriptions of each trail from start to finish, plus at-a-glance summary information indicating permitted uses, surface type, length, and directions to trailheads for each trail. Every trip has a detailed map that includes start and end points, trailhead, parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities.

Florida visitors are often surprised by both the beauty of its trails and by the great variety of its landscapes. Although Florida doesn't have any mountains, it does offer trails with views of everything from beaches and bluffs to prairies and wetlands. In this comprehensive trail guide, you'll find some of the best, most beautiful trails in Florida. Many of the trails were converted from unused railroad corridors to become some of the best multiuse rail-trails in the state. In this guidebook, experts from Rail-to-Trails Conservancy present their final list of the top trails and rail-trails in Florida, selected from more than 100 in the state. In addition to details about each trail, Rail-Trails Florida also provides information about trail amenities, including restrooms, parking facilities, and water fountains.

Outdoor enthusiasts will find the best trials in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine listed in this guidebook. Includes detailed maps and descriptions.

Leave the inner city for biking the nearby country roads and lanes in the New York tristate area.

Consists of a guidebook and two detached, double-sided maps (in a display box) for 172 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Kent, Connecticut, to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border. The indexed book contains "omnidirectional" trail descriptions, natural and cultural history of the areas crossed, and information on road crossings, parking, shelters, water sources, points of interest, and general advice. The six-color mapsredone from scratch for this edition, using state-of-the-art GIS materials as the starting pointcover about 40 miles per side. The scale is an inch to a mile, with 50-foot contour intervals for the topography and the essential elevation profiles for the trail route.

Pennsylvania has over 700 miles of Rail-Trails and growth continues! This fourth edition of Pennsylvania's Rail-Trails is packed with information for outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy railroad beds which have been converted into recreational trails.Included are maps, directions, trail surface, permitted activities, mileage and the local contact person for each rail-trail. On some trails this new edition has information on trailside businesses such as bed & breakfasts, inns, restaurants, bike shops and campgrounds.The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving abandoned railroad rights-of-way and converting them into recreational facilities all over the USA. The national office is located in Washington, DC, and the Pennsylvania Field Office is in Harrisburg.

This volume provides travel tips, accommodation options for all budgets and tastes and background information on New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It also offers a detailed outdoor activities chapter covering rafting, hiking and skiing.