Cloey Callahan is reporting for the Times Union New York’s 750-mile long Empire State Trail has been ranked number one on Outside Magazine’s rating of the top 25 rail trails in the U.S. The Empire State Trail runs from New York City to Canada and from Albany to Buffalo. Also on the list — New York’s 7-mile Keuka Lake Outlet Trail, which runs from Penn Yan to Dresden in the Finger Lakes, and includes a view the 40-foot Seneca Mills Falls, was ranked 25th. Including New York’s two trails, the Northeast captured six slots on Outside’s list, including the 73-mile Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey, the 58-mile Northern Rail Trail in New Hampshire, Rhode Island’s 14-mile waterfront East Bay Bike Path, and Vermont’s popular 13-mile Island Line Rail Trail, which connects users with such state treasures as the Green Mountains and Lake Champlain. Outside Magazine describes the country’s nearly 25,000 miles of rail trails as having “transformed America’s outdoor spaces.” The Empire State Trail is 75 percent off-road and 25 percent on-road, and it is the longest multi-use trail in the country. It connects New York City to Albany with the Hudson Valley Greenway Trail, from Albany to Canada with the Champlain Valley Trail, and from Albany to Buffalo with the Erie Canalway Trail. Read the full story in the Times Union.