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Welcome to the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, two sections totaling 15 paved miles through stunning rural Dutchess and Columbia County landscapes. Since the mid-1980's, the Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association has dreamed of a 46-mile rail trail in the Harlem Valley and Taconic Hills of eastern New York. The first segment of the trail opened in 1996.

Since then, the trail has grown in 1997, 2000 and 2005. Another eight miles of abandoned rail bed are in the development stages, and most of another 23 miles have been acquired in Columbia County that will lead the trail north into the Village of Chatham.

  
 
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COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY RECEIVES GRANT FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR A FIVE-MILE RAIL TRAIL EXTENSION LINKING COPAKE AND HILLSDALE
The Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC), in conjunction with the Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association (HVRTA), has received a planning and design grant from New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation for $121,965. The grant will fund preliminary designs and final construction plans for a FIVE-mile addition to the Harlem Valley Rail Trail from the current terminus in Copake Falls into the hamlet of Hillsdale.
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RAIL TRAIL EXTENSION GATHERS STEAM
COLUMBIA COUNTY — Looking at the village of Millerton as a model, Hillsdale and Copake are hoping that a 5-mile extension of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail will bring a similar boom to the local economy. The towns are seeking to extend the trail from its current terminus in Copake Falls up into the hamlet of Hillsdale.
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