Finger Lakes Trail sign. (Wikimedia Photo)

Finger Lakes Trail sign. (Wikimedia Photo)

Stretching across New York state, the Finger Lakes Trail offers hikers a chance to experience solitude and wilderness along a continuous footpath nearly 1,000 miles long.

A recent article on PressConnects.com profiled New York’s Finger Lakes Trail. The trail stretches from the New York-Pennsylvania border at Alleghany State Park in the west to the Catskills in the east. Along the way it passes through a collection of state parks and private lands featuring fields and forests.

The trail’s main path is 557 miles long. A network of branch trails and loops offer an additional 400 miles.

Read about New York’s Finger Lakes Trail.

You can also learn more about the Finger Lakes Trail at CNYHiking.com and FLTConference.org.