| Erie Canal Heritage
Trail - a 100-mile Trail between Tonawanda and Newark
in Western New York. This Trail segment is designated as a National
Recreation Trail and has numerous access points, primarily where local
roads intersect. Parking is available at many of the access points. Sign
kiosks containing maps and historic information are located at many
trailheads. Trail Uses: Hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing (all
sections); horseback riding and snowmobiling in some sections (for details
call the Canal Corporation). Trail Surface: Stone dust; some portions in
Tonawanda and Rochester are asphalt. Biker-Hiker-Boater Campsites are
located at Lock 30 in Macedon and at the Holley Canal Port.
Trail Uses: Hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, horseback
riding and snowmobiling.
Trail Surface: Stone dust, gravel.
Old Erie Canal State Park Trail -
a 36-mile Trail within the linear State Park between DeWitt and Rome in
Central New York. Designated as a National Recreation Trail, this segment
incorporates an abandoned section of the nineteenth century-era Erie
Canal. Parking areas with foot-bridge access to the Trail are located at
Poolsbrook and Cedar Bay picnic areas within the park.
Trail Uses: Hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, horseback
riding and snowmobiling. Trail Surface: Stone dust, gravel.
Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway - a 60-mile Trail along the Erie Canal and
Mohawk River between St. Johnsville and Waterford in the Capital Region.
Many sections of this segment were built on former grades of the
nineteenth century Erie Canal towpath. The trail is continuous except for
a segment between Rotterdam Junction and Amsterdam, a short segment under
Interstate Route 87 (Adirondack Northway) in the Town of Colonie, and
short segments in Schenectady and Cohoes. The bikeway route is signed
along connecting roadways.
Trail Uses: Hiking, bicycling, in-line skating and cross-country
skiing. Motorized vehicles are not allowed.
Trail Surface: Stone dust in Montgomery County and on a one-mile
segment in Cohoes. Asphalt elsewhere.
Glens Falls Feeder Canal Trail - an eight-mile Trail between
Glens Falls and Fort Edward along the historic Feeder Canal near the
Hudson River and Old Champlain Canal. The Trail follows the towpath along
the Feeder Canal, which is one of the last surviving sections of the
original 1820s Canal System. The Feeder Canal was built in the late 1820s
to help maintain the water level in the Champlain Canal, since the section
between Fort Ann and Fort Edward was higher than the rest of the Canal. A
link between the Feeder Canal Trail and the Warren County/Bikeway leading
to Lake George is signed along connecting roadways in Glens Falls.
Trail Uses: Hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing. Motorized
vehicles are not allowed.
Trail Surface: Stone dust.
Additional canal trails Coming
in the near future
The 348-mile Erie Canalway Trail between the Hudson River and Lake Erie
is now more than half complete thanks to a $35 million program announced
by Governor George E. Pataki in 2002. Significant progress has been made
toward this goal with over 40 miles of new and rehabilitated Trail added
to the system in 2003. In addition, over 74 miles of new and rehabilitated
trail are planned for development in 2004 and 2005. The segments include:
- Tonawanda to Amherst
- Amherst to Lockport
- Greece to Lock 32 Pittsford
- Palmyra to Newark
- Camillus to Jordan
- Canastota to Rome
- Oriskany to Utica
- Little Falls to Minden
When completed, the 348-mile Erie Canalway Trail will be the longest
continuous trail in the United States.
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