Harlem Valley Rail Trail

The Harlem Valley takes its name from the New York and Harlem Railroad, which was chartered in 1831 and opened in lower Manhattan in 1832 with horse drawn cars. The line crossed the Harlem River in 1842, extended north to the Village of Chatham by 1852, and stretched 131 miles of track. In 1873 it joined the New York Central Railroad and became known as the Harlem Division. The route through Columbia and Dutchess Counties later offered countryside views to thousands of paying passengers until Penn Central discontinued passenger service between Dover Plains and Chatham in 1972.

Copake Falls, New York · United States