Dutchess County Rail Trail - hiking - EST
13 mi long · in New York · centroid 47 mi from Bridgeport
A continuous paved trail from Walkway Over the Hudson along the former Maybrook Rail corridor through the towns of Poughkeepsie, LaGrange, Wappinger to the restored Hopewell Depot at its East Fishkill Trailhead in the hamlet of Hopewell.
- States
- New York
- Length
- 13 mi
- Network
- Local (lwn)
- Reference
- DCRT
- Centroid nearest city
- Bridgeport, CT · 47 mi · ~1.4 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 41.6506°, -73.8665°
- OSM relation
- 14543310
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Dutchess County Rail Trail - hiking - EST and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Stay nearby
Other trails within 50 miles
Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Hopewell Junction to Poughkeepsie)
0 miles from this trail's centroid
Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Poughkeepsie to New Paltz)
9 miles from this trail's centroid
Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Pawling to Hopewell Junction)
9 miles from this trail's centroid
Maybrook Trailway - hiking - Putnam Trailway to Hopewell Junction
13 miles from this trail's centroid
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail - hiking
15 miles from this trail's centroid
Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (New Paltz to South Kingston)
16 miles from this trail's centroid
Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.