New trail in Kinderhook

Kinderhook Trail offers sights of Roxbury Farm – photo by Andreas Stresemann

The opening of the first leg of a new Kinderhook trail system was recently celebrated. The trail joins four centuries of Dutch farming by linking the Luykas Van Alen house with the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, by way of present day Roxbury Farm. For the last four years, CLC has provided technical assistance for the project, including lending assistance from the National Park Service through the Rivers and Trails Program. The Kinderhook Dutch Farming Heritage Trail can be reached from trailheads at both the Luykas Van Alen House and at “Lindenwald,” the Martin Van Buren home.