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 ...

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 ...

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