I had learned about the route I was taking, called the Long Path, from a trail marker I’d seen on a hike behind my house in Edgewood, N.Y. Since then, I’d wondered if I could make use of it to ...

Planned upgrades to the Long Path will redirect an approximately 8-mile-long segment to keep hikers away from public roads.

Advertisement The Long Path is a long-distance hiking trail that stretches from the George Washington Bridge in New York City to John Boyd Thacher State Park and, eventually, all the way to the ...