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Hitting the trails

amNY.com

The Bronx's Pelham Bay Park covers more than 2,700 acres, making it the city's largest park. It has biking and hiking trails, a salt marsh, the public Orchard Beach, riding stables, a golf course and the historic Bartow-Pell Mansion. (NYNewsday.com)

The boroughs offer hundreds of miles of paths and trails for biking.

(Eventually it will have 550 miles of on-street pathways and more than 300 miles of off-street greenways and paths). Just make sure you wear a bike helmet, bright reflective clothing and keep your eye out for pedestrians and other potential obstacles.

BRONX
Bronx River Greenway

Runs north from Bronx Park to 232nd Street, with a section in Soundview Park
Popular points: Bronx Park, Bronx River, Soundview Park

Hutchinson River Greenway
Runs from Pelham Parkway to Ferry Point Park
Popular points: Near the Bronx-Westchester County line to the Whitestone Bridge.

Mosholu Parkway Greenway
Runs northwest from Bronx Park into Westchester
Popular points: Bronx Park, Bronx Zoo, Mosholu Parkway

Pelham Bay Park Greenway
Runs on trails throughout Pelham Bay Park
Popular points: Pelham Bay Park

Pelham Parkway Greenway
Connects to Pelham Bay Park Greenway and extends to Bronx Park
Popular points: Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Park Zoo and Botanic Gardens ... Supposedly the least crowded trails in the city.

The Putnam Rail-Trail
A three-mile abandoned railroad corridor that runs between the Westchester County border and the Harlem River at 225th Street.