Auburn Trail
9-miles one way (parts closed for construction), mostly open multi use flat rail bed
June 2008
Updated November 20, 09 JH
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Auburn Trail9-miles one way (parts closed for construction), mostly open multi use flat rail bed June 2008 |
Updated November 20, 09 JH
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This will be the major cross-town multi-use trail when it is completed. As it is, there is a long section done and another temporarily closed. There are a couple of sections that use road shoulders and sidewalks. There are some foot-path only alternative sections.
Farmington has done an excellent job of the short section just over the town line. It goes from CR 41, Boughton Hill Rd, crosses Mertensia Rd, goes by the town park, with parking, to the town line. It is a full multi use trail.
Auburn Trail looking into Farmington
Open, under construction '07/'08
Auburn Trail
Open, under construction '07/'08
This section must use the road shoulders: be very careful.
Follow East Victor Road to the first intersection, Break Of Day Road. Then on Break Of Day Road will be our parking lot. There get back on the rail bet trail to Brace Road and beyond.
There is a foot-path only alternative. This has some steep hills, is too narrow and twisty between trees for bikes. There are two stepping stone fords.
Open, under construction '07/'08
Crosses Brace Road and Ketchum St. (Proximity Ln)
Nice small cinder/dirt surface. 6- to 10-feet wide. Spring shows a large bed of trillium alongside the trail. Mostly wooded section.
Terminal on Auburn Trail at Maple St.
Here there is a three way choice.
Here the main trail is on Maple Street and side walk. Be careful, there is heavy traffic.
This is a paved trail maintained by the Village of Victor
Here the trail is on the street and sidewalk.
A lower traffic alternative route is blazed yellow. Instead of Maple St., NY 444, it goes down the hill one short block to the east, on Coville St. Coville St. ends at East St., the trail continues into and through the parking lot of Saint Patrick's Church, then onto the Trolley Trail and shortly after crosses Maple St. and rejoins the main Auburn Trail.
A footpath only alternative is to use the red blazed Seneca Trail from Maple St. to School St. It is narrow and has a steep, and potentially slippery hill.
Crosses Rawson Rd, Seneca Trail, Victor Mendon Rd (251), Lehigh Crossing Park, Lehigh Trail, and Phillips Rd
This is full multi use trail with a fine stone surface, 10-feet wide. It is nearing completion. Neighboring properties range from Town Park to industrial storage yards. A branch of Irondequoit Creek parallels for some distance. The Lehigh Trail crosses on a rail road trestle. Next to it is a full ADA compliant ramp to the Lehigh Trail. The stone surface temporarily ends at the Fishers Fire House parking lot and continues in the drive and on grass until the fire house expansion construction is completed. There is parking in Lehigh Crossing Park, at Phillips Rd, and in the Fire House parking lot in Fishers.
The Seneca Trail goes north after the trail crosses Rawson Rd. The Trolley Trail, a footpath, parallels the Auburn Trail from that junction to Lehigh Crossing Park.
In Fishers, next to the trail is the oldest standing railroad building in the country: a stone pump house. This was the first section of rail of what was to become the New York Central Rail Road. The tracks were originally wood with an iron strap on top.
Open, under construction '08
Crosses over Irondequoit Creek and under the Thruway.
Small cinder/dirt surface 4- 6-feet wide.
Fishers Rd is the temporary end of the Auburn Trail
Closed, construction '08
This section has a dangerously damaged bridge which is closed. It is a stone arch over Irondequoit Creek which is much eroded. A misguided attempt some years ago to stabilize by removing the over burden it has resulted in worsening the situation. From each end to the bridge is small cinder/dirt surface, 4- to 8-feet wide. There is a second, similar, bridge in generally good condition. Considerable embankment from the rail road.
Biking on Auburn Trail
Closed, construction '08
Parallels Rail Road Mills Rd. Crosses Barons Woods Rd.
Undeveloped. This will be done when the prior bridge is opened.
Closed, construction '08
Undeveloped. Sections in the town of Pittsford are open to the Erie Canalway Trail.
This whole trail will become multi use. From the Farmington Line to School St, is under construction, summer and fall '07 and '08. A grant from the federal Transportation Department for the western end, Fishers to Perinton has been approved. Engineering for this is currently being done and construction is planned for '08 and '09. The stone arch bridge is a major cost.
Caution: Elevations are from USGS. They are very precise, but not necessarily accurate. They may be from any place up to 100-feet from the trail!
