| Trail name | Length | Location | Original Rail Road |
|---|
| Akron Clarence Trail | 12miles | Erie County | West Shore and Buffalo Railroad[1] |
| Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail | 9.8miles [2] | Albany County | Albany and Susquehanna Railroad (Delaware and Hudson Railway) |
| Albany-Hudson Electric Trail | | Rensselaer and Columbia counties | Albany and Hudson Electric Railway (Albany Southern Railroad) |
| Allegheny River Valley Trail | 5.6miles[3] | Allegany and Cattaraugus counties | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway (Pennsylvania Railroad) |
| Andes Rail Trail | 1miles plus 1miles Bullet Hole Spur | Andes, Delaware County | Delaware and Northern Railroad |
| Ashokan Rail Trail | 11.5miles | Ulster County | Ulster and Delaware Railroad |
| Auburn Trail | 12miles from Powder Mills Park through Victor to Canandaigua Farmington Town Line Rd | Ontario County | Auburn and Rochester Railroad |
| Ballston Bike Path | 3.5miles | Saratoga County | Schenectady Railway Company |
| Black Diamond Trail | 8miles Taughannock Falls State Park to Ithaca, New York | Tompkins County | |
| Black River Recreational Trail | 3.5miles | Jefferson County | New York Central Railroad |
| Bog Meadow Brook | 2miles | Saratoga County | |
| Canalway Trail | | | Mostly towpath trails, but parts, like the Mohawk-Hudson Trail (below), use former rail beds. |
| Catharine Valley | 12.9miles[4] | Chemung and Schuyler Counties | Chemung Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad) |
| Cato–Fair Haven Trail | 12.7miles | Cayuga County | |
| Catskill Scenic Trail | 26miles from Bloomville to Roxbury | Delaware County | Ulster and Delaware Railroad |
| Cayuga–Seneca Canal Trail | 6.7miles from Geneva to Waterloo | Seneca County | |
| Chautauqua Alison Wells Ney Trail | | Chautauqua County | |
| Chautauqua Brocton Area Recreational Trail | 2miles | Chautauqua County | |
| Chautauqua Laurie A. Baer Trail | 1.1miles | Chautauqua County | |
| Chautauqua Nadine and Paul Webb Trail | 1miles | | |
| Chautauqua Nancy B. Diggs Trail | 1.5miles | Chautauqua County | |
| Chautauqua Ralph C. Sheldon Jr. Trail | 4.5miles | Chautauqua County | |
| Chautauqua Village of Mayville Trail | 1.5miles | Chautauqua County | |
| Cheektowaga Rails to Trails[5] | | Erie County | Lehigh Valley Railroad |
| Corning Bike Path | 3.3miles Corning-Painted Post Middle School to Princeton Avenue, Corning, New York[6] | Steuben County | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad[7] |
| DnH Canal Heritage Corridor North | | | |
| DnH Canal Heritage Corridor South | | | |
| Dutchess Rail Trail | 13miles | Dutchess County | Central New England Railway |
| Electric Trolley Trail, Pittsford | 1.8miles Shoen Place to Marsh Road | Pittsford, Monroe County | Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway (interurban, aka the Orange Line) |
| Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Rail Trail | | Fulton County | Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad |
| Genesee Valley Greenway | 59miles Jefferson Road Rt. 252 to Letchworth State Park and Sonyea, New York. Then segments and gaps to Cuba, New York | Monroe, Livingston, and Allegany Counties | Genesee Valley Rail Road (Pennsylvania Railroad) |
| Gorge Trail | 2.2miles[8] | | Lehigh Valley Railroad (Elmira and Cortland Branch) |
| Greater Jamestown Riverwalk[9] | | Chautauqua County | Erie Railroad (Only the portion north of downtown Jamestown along the Chadakoin River) |
| Harlem Valley Rail Trail | | Dutchess and Columbia Counties | New York and Harlem Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| High Line | 1.4miles Gansevoort Street to 34th Street | Manhattan | New York Central Railroad |
| Hojack Trail Cayuga | | Cayuga County | Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line) |
| Hojack Trail Hamlin | 14miles Wiler Road to East Kent Road | Monroe County | Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line) |
| Hojack Trail Hilton | 2.8miles Salmon Creek Park to North Greece Road | Monroe County | Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line) |
| Hojack Trail Hannibal | 6.6miles Viele Rd. to Martville Rd. | Wayne County | Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line) |
| Hojack Trail Webster | 3.5miles Vosburg Rd. to Orchard Park | Webster, Monroe County | Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (the Hojack Line) |
| Huckleberry Multi-Use Trail[10] | | Tannersville, New York | |
| Hudson Valley Rail Trail | 4miles[11] | Lloyd, Ulster County | Central New England and Western Railroad |
| Jim Schug Trail | 4.2miles | Dryden, Tompkins County | Lehigh Valley Railroad[12] |
| John Kieran Nature Trail | | Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx[13] | New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail | 3.8miles | Rockland County | Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie Railroad) |
| Kaaterskill Rail Trail | Currently 1.5miles. The goal is to connect the Village of Hunter to North-South Lake[14] | Greene County | Ulster and Delaware Railroad |
| Keuka Outlet Trail | 6.8miles | Yates County | Fall Brook Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail | | Kings Park, Suffolk County | Long Island Rail Road, Kings Park State Hospital spur |
| Kingston Point Rail Trail | 1.2miles, extension planned | Kingston, Ulster County | |
| Lehigh Valley Trail (Black Diamond) | 16.2miles W. River Rd, Genesee Valley Greenway, Auburn Trail to NY 251 | Monroe County and Ontario County | Lehigh Valley Railroad |
| Lehigh Memory Trail | | Williamsville, Erie County[15] | Depew and Tonawanda Railroad (Lehigh Valley Railroad) |
| Long Pond Greenbelt | | Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor, Suffolk County | Long Island Rail Road, Sag Harbor Branch |
| Maple City Trail | | Ogdensburg and St. Lawrence County | |
| Maybrook Trailway | | Dutchess and Putnam Counties. | Beacon Line (Metro-North Railroad / New York and New England Railroad) from Hopewell Junction to Brewster |
Mohawk Hudson Bike/Hike Trail- (part of Canalway Trail System)
| 86, with gaps in Watervliet, Colonie and Pattersonville | Schenectady and Albany Counties. | Schenectady and Troy Railroad (New York Central Railroad) from Cohoes to Schenectady. Towpath trail from there west. |
| Newstead Trail | | Erie County | West Shore and Buffalo Railroad |
| North County Trailway | 22.1miles | Westchester County | New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| North Shore Rail Trail | | Port Jefferson Station to Wading River, Suffolk County | Long Island Rail Road, Wading River Extension |
| Northport Rail Trail | 0.65miles | Suffolk County | Long Island Rail Road, Northport Branch |
| Nyack Rail Trail | | Rockland County | New York and Erie Railroad (Erie Railroad) |
| Ontario Pathways Trail (Canandaigua to Stanley) | 11miles East Street Canandaigua to Flint Road | Ontario County | Northern Central (Pennsylvania Railroad) |
| Ontario Pathways Trail (Stanley to Phelps) | 8.7miles | Ontario County | Pennsylvania Railroad |
| Ontario and Western Rail Trail (Kingston to Ellenville) | 35miles | Ulster County | New York, Ontario and Western Railway |
| Orange Heritage Trailway | 19.5miles | Orange County | Erie Railroad |
| Oswego Recreational Trail | | Oswego County | New York, Ontario and Western Railway |
| Pat McGee Trail | 12.2miles | Cattaraugus County | Erie Railroad |
| Portage Trail | | | |
| Putnam County Trailway | 12 | Putnam County | New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Railroad Run | | Saratoga County | |
| Rivergate Trail | | | |
| Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Trolley Trail | 4.3miles | Monroe county | Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Rapid Railroad |
| Rutland Trail | 21.2miles from Norwood to Moira | St. Lawrence and Franklin counties | |
| Sodus Point to Wallington Trail | 2.3miles | Wayne County[16] | |
| South County Trailway | 14.1miles | Westchester County | New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Spring Run Trail | | | |
| Stillwater Multi-Use Trail | | Stillwater | Boston and Maine Railroad |
| Tarrytown Lakes Extension | 2.5miles | Westchester County | New York and Putnam Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Town of Edwards Nature Trail | | St. Lawrence County | Gouverneur and Oswegatchie Railroad (New York Central Railroad)[17] |
| Uncle Sam Bikeway | 3miles | Troy | Boston and Maine Railroad |
| Vestal Rail Trail | 2.2miles | Broome County | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail | 3.22miles[18] | Orange and Ulster Counties | Wallkill Valley Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Walkway over the Hudson
| 1.28miles[19] | Poughkeepsie and Highland | The Maybrook Railroad Line, Central New England Railway (CNE), New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH), Penn Central (PC) and Conrail, et al |
| Wallkill Valley Rail Trail | 23.7miles[20] | Ulster County | Wallkill Valley Railroad (New York Central Railroad) |
| Warren County Bikeway | 9.4miles[21] from Glens Falls to Lake George | Warren County | Delaware and Hudson Railroad |
| Zim Smith Trail | 12miles | Saratoga County | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | |
