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| Harlem Valley Rail Trail, NY | | Millerton NY | | | Official website: http://www.traillink.com/TL_Active_Pages/TrailSearch/default.asp?Action=DisplayDetails&ID=330 | | | | Distance (miles): 12.2 | | | Getting there:: Amenia trailhead: The trail parking lot is on Mechanic Street. If the lot is full, return toward Route 343 and use the Town Hall parking lot on the right (east) side of Mechanic Street. Millerton area parking: Route 22 to the traffic light in Millerton. Turn east on to Route 44. Designated parking areas for rail trail users are planned, but for now please park on side streets, and avoid parking in the parking lot of Taro's Restaurant immediately next to the trailhead. Or park on Century Blvd, only a few hundred feet from the trailhead. Section 5 is best accessed from the parking lot on Undermountain Road or near the entrance booth to Taconic State Park in Copake Falls. See the Trail Website for more detailed directions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | |
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| | Description: The proposed 43-mile long trail has six sections. Trails sections 2, 3 and 5 are open to the public. Sections 1, 4 and 6 are unbuilt. Section 2 is 4.5 miles long and runs from Mechanic Street in Amenia, to Coleman Station in the Town of North East. It contains a marvelous wetland located between the two Sharon Station Road crossings. Beavers near the wetland act as trailside lumberjacks, lodge builders and dam makers. Section 3 officially opened on June 22, 2000. It is 3.6 miles long and runs from Coleman Station in the Town of North East, to Main Street in Millerton. It brings the trail in to the village of Millerton and completes an 8.2 mile link between downtown Amenia and downtown Millerton. Section 3 has six bridges, all of them fully and tastefully reconstructed. There are three picturesque rock cuts that in the summer feel about 15 degrees cooler than anywhere else on the trail. Section 5 is 4.0 miles long and runs from Undermountain Road in Ancram, to Taconic State Park Entrance in Copake Falls. Section 5 is more of a deep woods trail, although it is by no means closed in by trees. It almost hugs the base of the South Taconic Mountains to the east and is bordered by agricultural lands at times to either side. Near the northern end, there are wonderful views of the Catskill Mountains to the west. Natural attractions include a vernal pool during wet periods, an ancient broken cottonwood tree, and a patch of weedy wildflowers that attracts many butterflies. This segment crosses over two streams, and rattlesnakes and black bears are occasionally reported. |
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