Trails Statewide Plans
2020 Statewide Greenways Plan
On November 18, 2020, The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) announced the release of the Draft Statewide Greenways Plan/Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for review and public comment. This Statewide Greenway Trails Plan provides a vision, goals and recommendations to guide future planning and development of greenway trails, including expanding greenway trails in underserved communities and improving connections between trails and other transportation modes.
The Draft Plan and associated trail inventory is available for review at:
https://parks.ny.gov/inside-our-agency/master-plans.aspx
State Parks will hold an online public hearing to receive comments on the Draft Plan and Draft GEIS at: 6:00 p.m., Jan. 6, 2021. For more information on how to register for the public hearing, please review the
Public Hearing Notice here:
https://parks.ny.gov/documents/inside-our-agency/StatewideGreenwaysPlan2020PublicHearingNotice.pdf
Written comments on the Draft Plan / Draft GEIS will be accepted until January 19, 2021. Comments may be submitted to
StatewideTrailsPlan@parks.ny.gov or mailed to:
Christopher Morris
Statewide Trails Planner
Division of Environmental Stewardship and Planning
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Albany NY, 122038
Following the public comment period, OPRHP will prepare and post a Final Statewide Greenway Trails Plan/FGEIS incorporating substantive comments.
2010 Statewide Trails Plan
- Executive Summary (pdf)
- Statewide Trails Plan (pdf)
- Figure 1 - Greenway Trails Network (pdf)
- Figure 2 - New York City Greenway Trails Network (pdf)
- Figure 3 - Long Distance Hiking Trails Network (pdf)
- Figure 4 - Water Trails Network (pdf)
- Figure 5 - Statewide Framework (pdf)
- Appendix A - Legal Authorization to Develop a Statewide Trails Plan (pdf)
- Appendix B - Physical Activity Calorie Use Chart (pdf)
- Appendix C - Every Mile Counts - An Analysis of the 2008 Trail User Surveys (pdf)
- Appendix D - 2004 General Public Recreation Survey Report (pdf)
- Appendix E - 2008 General Public Trails Workshops - Comment Summary (pdf)
- Appendix F - Results of the 2005 Park Professional Survey (pdf)
- Appendix G - Results from the 2006 Trail Organization Survey (pdf)
- Appendix H - Greenway Trails Network - Trail Listing (pdf)
- Appendix I - Rail Trail White Papers (pdf)