Monday August 3rd 2026 - Lehigh and Auburn rail trails - Vicotr NY - 2.4 miles, not much elevation gain
In terms of exercise this wasn't anything notable. It was very close to home, nearly flat and we didn't walk particularly far. What makes this little walk notable is that, despite being super close to home and on trails we've done parts of before, this was all new scenery that we didn't know existed. The Lehigh and Auburn trails are 2 different rail trails which cross at least once here in Victor. We've walked on both of them before but this time we started at the Lehigh Crossing park which we hadn't been to before. Very close to where we parked was a long pond with at least 5 turtles sunning themselves on logs. Brian absolutely loves to see turtles so he was super excited. There was also a large railroad bridge where the Lehigh crossed the Auburn railroads. We've done several hikes on different sections of these trails and it's all very close to home and seemingly in a built up area but here was an entire section that was new to us.