Hiking Trails
This limitied listing of hiking trails includes only those linear trails that are not situated entirely within parks or nature preserves. Go to the County Parks Department Web site for a listing of parks and preserves that offer hiking opportunities. Check the maps for available parking areas and entry points.
For further information, contact Michael Vernon, Planner at
| Hiking Only Trails | Miles | Status | Municipalities |
| Braircliff – Peekskill Trailway This county sponsored trail follows the right-of way lands of the Briarcliff-Peekskill Parkway, which was never built as a parkway, and provides links to county and local parks and trails. Briarcliff - Peekskill Trailway map |
5.6 | complete | CTD YTN NWC OST |
| Camp Smith Trail This state hiking trail traverses the rugged topography of Camp Smith from the tollhouse on Route 6/202 to connect with the Appalachian Trail immediately north of the county border. Part of Westchester RiverWalk. |
2.3 | complete | CTD |
| Horseman's Trail This Greenway designated trail provides a connection from the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail to the Hudson River Waterfront and follows a patchwork of public park and semi-public lands. Part of Westchester RiverWalk. |
1.2 | TBD | SLH |
| Leatherstocking Trail This inter-municipal hiking trail is situated between the City of New Rochelle and Village of Mamaroneck and links into Saxon Woods County Park. Part of Colonial Greenway Trail System. |
2.0 | complete
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Key to municipal abbreviations
|
Abbr. |
Town Name |
Abbr. |
Town Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARD | Ardsley | NRO | New Rochelle |
| BED | Bedford | NOC | North Castle |
| BMR | Briarcliff Manor | NSM | North Salem |
| BUC | Buchanan | OST | Ossining (town) |
| CTD | Cortlandt | OSV | Ossining (village) |
| CRO | Croton-on-Hudson | PKS | Peekskill |
| DBF | Dobbs Ferry | PEL | Pelham |
| ECH | EastChester | PMR | Pelham Manor |
| ELM | Elmsford | PLV | Pleasantville |
| GRB | Greenburgh | PCH | Port Chester |
| HAR | Harrison | PDR | Pound Ridge |
| HAS | Hastings | RYC | Rye City |
| IRV | Irvington | RYB | Rye Brook |
| LAR | Larchmont | SCD | Scarsdale |
| LEW | Lewisboro | SLH | Sleepy Hollow |
| MMT | Mamaronect (town) | SOM | Somers |
| MMV | Mamaroneck (village) | TTN | Tarrytown |
| MTK | Mount Kisco | TUC | Tuckahoe |
| MTP | Mount Pleasant | WHP | White Plains |
| MTV | Mount Vernon | YON | Yonkers |
| NWC | New Castle | YTN | Yorktown |