COPAKE, N.Y. (AP) - The Harlem Valley Rail Trail in the Taconic Mountain Range in eastern New York has a new section.
The paved addition extends the trail 1.2 miles - from the entrance of Taconic State Park in Copake Falls north to Orphan Farm Road - and brings the total length of trail in Columbia County to over five miles.
It’s the first new section of the trail constructed since 2005. Construction was funded with $614,900 from the state.
The Harlem Valley Rail Trail now stretches 46 miles in eastern Dutchess and Columbia counties, and over 14 miles are paved.
The trail also features a mile marker at the same spot as it was when the former Harlem Division of the New York Central Railroad line ran through the property.
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