Kaaterskill Falls (Upper Trailhead) (Haines Falls, NY): Opened to the public in 2016, the awesome, accessible trail from the upper parking area down to the new viewing platform serves as an amazing destination for every local adventurer.(Okay, I know this was an obvious one, but it definitely deserves to be first on the list.) Walkway over the Hudson (Poughkeepsie and Highland, NY): Accessible from end-to-end, with amazing views all along the way.To get started, I’ve tagged all the following hikes with “ wheelchair accessibility” as one of their highlights (which doesn’t always mean that the entire hike is accessible, but it does mean that you can see some wheelchair-accessible awesomeness at each of these places): Several of the hikes featured here do indeed have significant portions that are wheelchair-accessible, and it’s easy enough to tag them as such (similar to the existing functionality that lets you pull up all hikes that share a particular feature, like the eleven - and counting, somehow! - hikes on this site that feature a sweet fire tower). Sarah brought up a fantastic point – why isn’t this site a resource for accessible hiking? This is in no way a criticism - you never claimed to be a source for accessible hiking! But if you were interested, I’d be happy to let you know what I discover.” I love your trail guides and even if I find a hike from another source, I’ll pull up your guide too. “.I have since learned that there are many wheelchair accessible trails in the area, and I plan to make a study of them, but I was disappointed to find that HTHV didn’t tag them. Here’s a snippet of the very nice message she sent to me afterwards: Recently, a friendly hiker (we’ll call her “Sarah,” because that’s her name) suffered a running injury and found herself in a wheelchair.
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