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 |