Organizations with trails connecting to Sullivan County

Index
Local Organizations (within Sullivan County)
Trail connections to neighboring counties and states
Non-connecting, but nearby
Non-connecting, but in New York State
Other trails organizations
Who owns the land for the Trail Builders' trail system?

Contacts For Local Organizations

Trail Builders:
originally organized by Brian Cavanagh, no longer volunteering. DEC must be more responsible and do their share.

Sullivan County D & H Canal Linear Park:
Rich Caralluzzo, Department of Public Works, Sullivan County Government Center, Monticello NY 12701. Phone: 794-3000, x 5002

Basha Kill
New York State Dept of Conservation (NYSDEC) Bureau of Wildlife, 21 South Putt Corners, New Paltz, NY 12401; 914-256-3098

Basha Kill Area Association volunteer guardians of the largest freshwater wetlands in southeastern New York State

Neversink Gorge: 
Richard Rommel, NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests, 21 South Putt Corners, New Paltz, NY 12401; 914-256-3156

Stephen Crane Rail Trail going north toward Monticello:
NYSDEC,
several private owners


Holiday Mountain Ski Area south to Neversink Gorge:
Tony Cellini, Town of Thompson Supervisor, Ames Plaza, Monticello NY 12701
Callanan Industries
One private owner

Sullivan County Rail Trail:
Mountaindale to Woodridge, South Fallsburg to Hurleyville: Fallsburg Town Supervisor, South Fallsburg, NY 12779; 845-434-8810
Village of Woodridge
Parksville Rails to Trails Group, northwest of Liberty, NY. Dick Read, 845-292-3494.

Trail connections to neighboring counties and states:

D & H Canal Heritage Corridor. Endpoints: Kingston south to Spring Glen (Sullivan / Ulster County borders); D & H Heritage Alliance, Sheldon Quimby, POB 362, Port Ewen, NY 12466; 914-339-4531

Long Path 340 miles from Geo Washington Bridge in NYC to John Thatcher State Park west of Albany

Catskill 3500 Club

 New York / New Jersey Trail Conference oversees over 1,000 miles of trails.

Adirondack Mountain Club has a trails program that includes trail building in the Catskills, which the Trail Builders' system connects to via the Long Path

 Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey Chapter

Appalachian Trail

Finger Lakes Trail connects to western Catskills

Non-connecting, but nearby:
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail: Springtown to Gardner (12.2 miles); Roland Bahret: 914-255-1436

Orange Heritage Trail, Goshen (2.5 miles): Graham Skea, 914-457-3111

Orange Pathways' D & H Canal Tow Path, Cuddebackville, NY

Non-connecting, but in New York State:
Genesee Valley Greenway (from Rochester south)

Outdoor Coalition of NY sportsmen, hikers, mountain bicyclists, environmental groups and land trusts

Other trails organizations
International Mountain Bicycling Association

Rails to Trails

Land ownership:

Unless otherwise stated, all trails mentioned and shown on this web site and its maps are are on public lands. These lands are administered by officials you can talk to.

The D & H Canal Linear Park is on public land administered by Sullivan County. 


Basha Kill Rail Trail (Long Path) is on state-owned land administered by the New York State Dept of Conservation (NYSDEC: 914-256-3000) Division of Fish and Wildlife. 

The Neversink Gorge trails are on state-owned land administered by the NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests.

West of the Neversink Gorge, the NYSDEC administers some of the Rail Trail going north toward Monticello. A private landowner had once offered to donate 3.5 miles of land for a trail connecting the state lands in the Neversink Gorge north to the Town of Thompson-owned Holiday Mountain Ski Area, but this potential arrangement fell through. Trails can be built for cross-country skiing, mountain biking, trail running, hiking, and other nature purposes.

Sullivan Striders