Friends of Coddington Valley Rail Trail

Here’s a great video about the Rails to Trails Movement.

Here is a wonderful book on the History of Railroads in Tompkins County. Copies of this book are available from the History Center in Tompkins County. Order here:

This article from 1987 speaks specifically to the line that is being converted to the CVRT. (The unattributed photos in this article have been identified as taken by Lewis Bullock.)

Here is the NYSEG easement for this trail.

Here’s a FAQ page from 2016, that talks about the possible extension of the South Hill Recreation way to Middaugh Road in Brooktondale. In 2025, NYSEG granted an easement for the development of this trail from the existing South Hill Recreation way, all the way to the Tompkins County line in the Town of Caroline.