Walkill Valley Trail Kingston to New Paltz

Eight memorable Bike and Hike Trips in the Catskills

 On a recent trip in late July to Plattsburgh and Lage George. I came across the bike and hike trail to



O and W Museum to Liberty High school

The history of the Ontario & Western Railway is tantalizing; even for those who take a mere fleeting  interest in the state's railway origins: Back in 1860s, The O&W was originally called the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad, and apparantly, it'svisionary, Derwin littlejohn, was the spitting image of Abraham Lincoln. He was even a charismatic politician, to boot.

Littlejohn's grand idea was to put rail service in places in New York that had never seen rail service before. from Oswego all the way to the New jersey border. He also thought it would be cool to build the railroad at right angles to the surrounding mountains, which as you can imagine, was quite a feat of engineering, and an expensive one, at that.

Liberty High school to Mountain Dale

Mountain Dale to Warwassing (via Ellenville)

Summitville to Middletown

Middletown to Katrina Falls (via Monticello)

Kingston to New Paltz

Roscoe (via O&W Road and New York State Bycicle route) road to Hancock 

Kingston to Wawasing (via 10 Williams Lumber High Falls)  includes D&H Canal Museum