The purchases were completed in August and October 1985, respectively. The Montgomery section consisted of 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Walden to the town line with Shawangunk, and the Shawangunk section ran 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north from the town line to Birch Road. The towns of Montgomery and Shawangunk – in Orange and Ulster counties, respectively – purchased their sections of the rail line to allow "development of a commercial corridor utility easements and access" to a local reservoir. In the 1980s, Conrail, then the owner of the Wallkill Valley line, attempted to sell the former rail corridor. Stretching 33 miles (53 km) from Montgomery to Kingston, the Wallkill Valley Railroad operated from 1866 until its last regular freight run on December 31, 1977.
The original Wallkill Valley rail line, stretching from Montgomery to Kingston The trail includes an unofficial, unimproved section to the north of Wallkill, and is bounded by NY 52 and NY 208. Plans to pave the trail between Walden and Wallkill were discussed since 2001, and the route was finally paved between 20. The portion of the trail in Shawangunk was formally opened in 1993 and named after former town supervisor Jesse McHugh. The land was purchased by the towns of Montgomery and Shawangunk in 1985 and converted to a public trail. The trail, like the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail to the north, is part of the former Wallkill Valley Railroad's rail corridor. The two communities are located in Orange and Ulster counties, respectively, in upstate New York. The Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail, also known as the Jesse McHugh Rail Trail, is a 3.22-mile (5.18 km) rail trail between the village of Walden, New York and the neighboring hamlet of Wallkill. Paved section may be unsuitable for horseback riders Walking, jogging, bicycling and dog walking A section of the rail trail in the town of Shawangunk.
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