Orange County Shows New Details for Schunnemunk Rail Trail Project

Orange County residents voiced their suggestions and concerns for the trail from Chester to Cornwall.
Orange County Shows New Details for Schunnemunk Rail Trail Project
People talk at the Schunnemunk Rail Trail Project meeting in Washingtonville, N.Y., on Jan. 15, 2026. Oliver Mantyk/The Epoch Times
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WASHINGTONVILLE, N.Y.—Orange County and HVEA Engineers held an open-house-style public meeting to ask for feedback on newly revealed plans for the Schunnemunk Rail Trail, hoping to make changes and hear the concerns of the people it will be made for.
The trail is a 10-mile bike and foot path planned to start in the Town of Chester and end at the Salisbury Mills-Cornwall Station. The Schunnemunk will connect to the Heritage Trail, a multi-use 19.5 mile rail trail that stretches from the City of Middletown to the Village of Harriman at the soon-to-be park at Camp LaGuardia in Chester.