| Empire State Trail | |
|---|---|
 Signs for Mile 0 at the Hudson River Greenway, south end of Empire State Trail at Battery Place, New York City. The walkway is left of the bikeway. | |
| Length | 750 mi (1,210 km) |
| Location | Buffalo–Albany–Manhattan, Albany–Rouses Point |
| Use | Hiking, Biking |
| Season | All year |
| Website | https://empiretrail.ny.gov/ |
The Empire State Trail is a multi-use trail in New York State that was proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in January 2017 and completed in December 2020. The trail runs from Manhattan north to the Canada–United States border in Rouses Point near the northern tip of Lake Champlain, and also from Buffalo to Albany. At 750 miles (1,210 km), it is the longest multi-use trail in the United States. The trail includes pre-existing trail segments, which retain their existing identity but are now co-signed as a segment of the Empire State Trail. The trail also links to other regional bicycling and hiking trails such as the Appalachian Trail, the Adirondack and Catskill Parks, the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, the Genesee Valley Greenway, and others. A segment near its southernmost part, on the Hudson River Greenway in Manhattan, is concurrent with the East Coast Greenway. The trail is used for hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and in some areas snowmobiling.
Completing the trail required 40 construction projects to create new trails and to eliminate gaps in existing segments.[1] On December 30, 2020, Governor Cuomo announced that these construction projects were finished, and that the Empire State Trail was officially completed and open to the public.[2]
- ^ Empire State Trail Program (August 8, 2017). Empire State Trail Plan Draft. Empire State Trail Program. Retrieved September 24, 2017.[page needed]
- ^ "Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of 750-Mile Empire State Trail". New York State. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.