Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail

Download coordinates as: The Joseph B. Clarke Rail Trail is a paved 3.8 mile north-south rail trail in the town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York.

It begins at the Blauvelt Free Library on Western Highway in the hamlet of Blauvelt, and ends at the intersection of Oak Tree Road in the hamlet of Tappan.

The trail intersects the Old Erie Path at Depot Square in Sparkill.

From the southern trailhead in Tappan to Sparkill, it follows the Northern Branch, which was constructed in 1859 by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey from Nyack to Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City.

The railway's right-of-way continues north from Sparkill as the Old Erie Path.

The Old Erie Path to Nyack splits off from the Clarke Trail to Blauvelt in Sparkill