New York

New York

President: Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Start Point: Albany - 11/12km Walk (YR0248); 12km Walk (YR1712), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0410, Empire State Capital Volkssporters

History Lesson: This trail is through the capital city of New York State passing many Albany and State historical buildings and monuments including the Capitol building, Executive Mansion, museums, restored city homes and the new pedestrian bridge which connects Albany to the Hudson River shoreline. Governors of New York state that became President... Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland and Franklin Roosevelt....Albany NY... both walks 248 and 1721 go by the governor's mansion and state capitol building.

President: Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Start Point: Albany - 11/12km Walk (YR0248); 12km Walk (YR1712), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0410, Empire State Capital Volkssporters

President: Theodore Roosevent

Start Point: Buffalo - 10 km (YR1151), Apr 1 - Nov 30

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0788, Niagara Escarpment Volkssport Associaiton

History Lesson: This trail takes you past the site of Roosevelt's inauguration after the assassination of McKinley

President: William McKinley, Millard Fillmore

Start Point: Buffalo - 11 km (YR1024), Apr 1 - Nov 30

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0788, Niagara Escarpment Volkssport Associaiton

History Lesson: This trail takes you past the site of McKinley's assassination and Fillmore's gravesite.

President: Theodore Roosevent

Start Point: Buffalo - 10 km (YR0719), Apr 1 - Nov 30

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0788, Niagara Escarpment Volkssport Associaiton

History Lesson: This trail takes you past the site of Roosevelt's inauguration after the assassination of McKinley; and, McKinley's Memorial Monument.

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Start Point: Chautauqua - 10km Walk (YR1533), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0589, Niagara Frontier Volkssport Club

History Lesson: Chautauqua Institution is situated in a Victorian lakeside village that hosts a summer program of arts, education and recreation in an ecumenical environment. Gingerbread-style cottages and charming gardens create a living quilt of yesteryear small-town America. Route follows winding walkways. After the walk, enjoy a meal and rock in a rocking chair overlooking beautiful Lake Chautauqua on the veranda of the 19th century Inn. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his famous "I Hate War" speech at Chautauqua on August 14, 1936.

President: Millard Fillmore

Start Point: East Aurora - 10km Walk (YR1487), Apr 1 - Nov 30

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0589, Niagara Frontier Volkssport Club

History Lesson: Fillmore lived in East Aurora with his wife Abigail from 1826 to 1830. The house he built there while practicing law in the beginning of his political career is currently maintained by the Aurora Historical Society. The 1825 structure is restored to that period and features some original Fillmore furniture of the era, as well as items from Fillmore’s presidential years.

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Start Point: Hyde Park - 13km Walk (YR1108), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0505, Volkssport Club of West Point

History Lesson: Explore Hyde Park as you go from the Franklin D. Roosevelt home and library to the Vanderbilt Mansion on a trail through the woods and return by village steets. Includes wonderful views of the beautiful Hudson River.

President: George Washington

Start Point: New York - 11km Walk (YR0315), Jan 2 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0776, Princeton Area Walkers

History Lesson: The trail passes 39 Broadway where President Washington lived during his presidency. Federal Hall National Memorial was the site of George Washington's first inauguration. Federal Hall National Memorial is located at 26 Wall Street, between Nassau St and William Street. The site is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday.

President: Ulysses S. Grant

Start Point: Sackets Harbor - 10km Walk (YR0938), Apr 1 - Nov 3

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0308, North Country Wanderers

History Lesson: This trail goes through Madison Barracks. During the period 1848-1849, Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant, were stationed at Madison Barracks. In 1851 Captain Ulysses S. Grant, accompanied by his wife and son, returned to Madison Barracks for a second tour of duty.

President: Chester A. Arthur

Start Point: Schenectady - 10km Walk (YR250), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0410, Empire State Capital Volkssporters

History Lesson: This trail goes through historic stockade area, Union College and GE Realty Plot. Arthur went to Union College in Schenectady NY...there is a statue of him there on the campus grounds

President: Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Start Point: West Point and Highland Falls - 11km Walk (YR037) & 10km Walk (YR1145), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club: AVA-0505, Volkssport Club of West Point

History Lesson:
YR037 (West Point): This trail goes past residential areas, the main academic area, historic monuments, the cemetery and athletic facilities of the US Military Academy with magnificent views of the Hudson River. West Point Military Academy graduated both Eisenhower as well as Grant [also Jefferson Davis, the one and only President of the Confederate States].
YR1145 (Highland Falls): Trail goes through the village of Highland Falls, past residential areas, and on to the grounds of the US Military Academy at West Point.

Updated August 19, 2006