For the 13th year in a row The Cayuga Trails Club will host a National Trails Day trail stewardship event on Saturday, July 12th, 2025.  The 2025 National Trails Day project is delayed from June 7.  This year, the project will be a trail relocation where the FLT crosses Hines Road in Enfield.

Give back to our beautiful hiking trails!  Please plan on joining us!   Project tools and lunch will be provided by the CTC!

The project is the relocation of a short section of the Finger Lakes Trail from private property to neighboring Robert Treman State Park land!  This will protect the trail corridor for the future.

The project will be multi-faceted involving brush cutting through part of a .3 mile stretch of fields and woodland, clearing brush and saplings from the new path, raking of the trail bed, and the installation of posts for blazing. The deck on one small bridge will replaced and a new twelve foot long bridge will be constructed across a creek in the woods.  The total length of the new trail section is approximately one third of a mile.

American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day® (NTD) is a celebration of America’s magnificent Trail System, occurring annually on the first Saturday in June. NTD features a series of outdoor activities, designed to promote and celebrate the importance of trails in the United States. Individuals, clubs and organizations from around the country host National Trails Day® events to share their love of trails with friends, family, and their communities. NTD introduces thousands of Americans to a wide array of trail activities: hiking, biking, paddling, horseback riding, trail running, and bird watching and more. For public and private land managers alike, National Trails Day® is a great time to showcase beautiful landscapes and special or threatened locales as thousands of people will be outside looking to participate in NTD events.

National Trails Day® evolved during the late ‘80s and ‘90s from a popular ethos among trail advocates, outdoor industry leaders and political bodies who wanted to unlock the vast potential in America’s National Trails System, transforming it from a collection of local paths into a true network of interconnected trails and vested trail organizations. This collective mindset hatched the idea of a singular day where the greater trail community could band together behind the NTD moniker to show their pride and dedication to the National Trails System.

For more information, go to http://nationaltrailsday.americanhiking.org/