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Appalachian Trail Blazed Tree on Bear Mountain. Photo Credit: John Leigh.
Summer Solstice Benefit Hike

Join us in toasting the grand opening of the Appalachian Trail at Bear Mountain

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Plateau Summit Trail. Photo by Steve Aaron.
See Trails in a New Way

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Breakneck Ridge Hikers at Flagpole. Photo by Richard Zayas.
Trail Alert: Breakneck Ridge Open

The Breakneck Ridge Trail has reopened

 

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Gully Top View. Photo by Steve Aaron.
Protect the Land You Love

The trails are calling... for your care

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Hudson Valley Sunrise Above West Point. Photo by Steve Aaron.
Spring Trail Walker Is Here

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Welcome to the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference

Our passion is creating great trail experiences. Our 2,000-plus volunteers build, maintain, and protect trails and steward parklands because we believe everyone who seeks the outdoors should have the opportunity to connect with nature.

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High Mountain from the Island Bridges Trail - Photo by Daniel Chazin
Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve

This hike loops around the Upper Lake of the Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve and follows a dike...

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1920
Since 1920, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference has partnered with parks to create, protect, and promote a network of over 2,150 miles of public trails.
2,150
Our volunteers maintain more than 2,150 miles of trails on lands stretching from New York City to the Delaware Water Gap, to the Catskills and beyond.
400,000
400,000 volunteer hours over the past 5 years have gone into building and maintaining trails, monitoring invasive species, creating maps and guidebooks, and more.