GOSHEN – Orange County and the Open Space Institute are working to build a 9.8-mile trail that will span from Camp LaGuardia in the Town of Chester to the Moodna trestle in Salisbury Mills.
The proposed Schunnemunk Rail Trail would connect with the county’s Heritage Trail in Chester.
Open Space Institute secured a formal agreement to purchase the property earlier this year.
The rail-trail is an abandoned portion of the former Erie Railroad Line that traverses through the Town of Cornwall, Village of Washingtonville, Town of Blooming Grove, and ending at Camp LaGuardia near the Heritage Trail.
“This project will improve public transportation and will showcase another beautiful portion of our county,” said County Executive Steven Neuhaus. “It is an impressive expansion of the county’s rail-trail network and will facilitate the conservation of significant open space.”
