Hyde Park Trail

04/27/2026

04/07/2026

Our local friends at the Hyde Park Trail have revealed their brand-new walkabout patch for 2026! To celebrate America's Semiquincentennial, the Town of Hyde Park, NY commemorated our revered 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the design!

That's not the only announcement. As local aficionados are keenly aware, the Hyde Park Healthy Trails season begins every Earth Day and lasts until the same holiday of the next year. This year, we are proud to co-host a kick-off hike on April 25, 2026, of the Roosevelt Woods Trail behind Franklin Roosevelt's historic home. The hike will be led by both an NPS park ranger and an NPS natural resource specialist.

Hikers should plan to rally at the picnic pavilion, next to the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center, at the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site by 9 a.m. The looped, maintained woods trail measures approximately 2.1 miles and passes the FDR home garden, orchard, ice pond, historic forest plantations, and stonework in a unique riverside woodland. Hikers should expect to navigate a moderate elevation change of about 100 feet and some moderately steep slopes.
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This event is FREE, but hikers will need to reserve their spot using the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyde-park-trails-walkabout-kick-off-hike-tickets-1985996685548

By the way, to earn a 2026 Walkabout patch you must walk at least 5 of the 12 beautiful trails in Hyde Park before Earth Day 2027. To learn more about which trails to hike, go to this webpage: https://www.hydeparktrails.com/255/Hyde-Park-Healthy-Trails-Walkabout
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02/28/2026

The public is invited to attend a Presentation of Findings: “The Historic Free Black Community of New Guinea” on
March 9, 2026, at 6 pm at Hyde Park Town Hall

11/01/2025

Volunteers helped clear trees and started building stairs at Robert’s Refuge today! We will add another volunteer day this winter to finish up these projects toward new public trails.

10/08/2025

A new trail is being developed for Hyde Park, and volunteers are invited to participate in this project! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14LEVzngKTe/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of trail building, teamwork and enjoying the great outdoors.

Every Wednesday in October at our Robert’s Refuge Preserve in Hyde Park, we will be building a mile-long loop trail along a ridge line of healthy hemlocks toward a great look out view.

Drop-in any time! No experience necessary. We will supply all tools and gloves.

10/03/2025

https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/beyond-easements-winnakee-builds-a-new-model-for-active-land-management-in-the-hudson-valley/

On a Saturday morning in August, 15 volunteers gathered in the tall grasses of a recently acquired 140-acre Winnakee Land Trust preserve in the Town of Clermont. Working inside a one-acre deer enclosure, a fenced plot designed to protect saplings from hungry animals, the volunteers removed buckthorn...

06/25/2025

The west section of the Farm Lane Trail will be closed temporarily for bridge repair, starting June 30. The NPS estimates that the closure will be in effect for a month or more.
Please use the alternate route shown below. Signage will be posted marking the way.

05/18/2025

On Earth Day, we released the 2025 Hyde Park Healthy Trails WALKABOUT. This year's design showcases one of Hyde Park's historic steel truss bridges. The bridges were built between 1911 and 1928, coinciding with the golden era of railroading.

Hiking five of Hyde Park's trails earns you this complimentary patch.

Download the 2025 WALKABOUT scorecard from our website: https://www.hydeparkny.us/255/Hyde-Park-Healthy-Trails-Walkabout
to record your hikes.
When you’ve completed your hikes, turn your scorecard in at the Town Recreation Office and receive your free patch! Enjoy!

03/28/2025

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