Maybrook Rail With Trail (RWT)

Love this place, I do a lot of running and biking here. Super peaceful and friendly people. Be careful though, I have seen snakes go across the path and in the bushes, and today I came face to face with a fully grown black bear that was poking around on the side of the trail as I was running by. He was unbothered by me, but absolutely the scariest moment of my life. Proceed with caution!!!

I cannot believe I lived for 12 years at walking distance from the Danbury end of this bike trail without even knowing that it existed. As I started expanding my search for scenic bike trails I discovered this one and finally rode it, both ways between Brewster and Danbury. While it does not offer any rest stations on the way, the view of the lake is fantastic and the pavement conditions are excellent. I wish it were connected directly with the wonderful Empire trail (Brewster, heading north towards Pawling, west towards Carmel all the way to White Plains). Instead, in Brewster the connection requires carrying the bike up and down a staircase, and riding a short section of normal roads, which breaks the rhythm a bit. But I hope that MTA will complete the missing connection and enable a biker's paradise...

What a lovely place for a afternoon, peaceful walk. Drove past this trail so many times until I was made aware of it by a friend, definitely a must go to if you want a peaceful stroll with I iIncredible nature around you.

Great flat trail with lakes, colorful hills, birds, and many pretty little birdhouses.

I would advise people to avoid parts of this trail. Large portions of the trail are unmaintained with vegetation such as thorn bushes, poison ivy, tree branches spilling out into parts of the trail. There’s no place for a dog to do his business the shoulders of the trail are covered by 6 foot high impassable vegetation. The trail narrows in many places because of the overgrowth of vegetation spilling onto the trail making it dangerous for bikers to pass each other. Ticks are also a major concern because of the close proximity of the overgrown vegetation.. Whatever agency ( MTA) is responsible for maintaining this trail gets an F. I added these photos. I only walked a couple of hundred yards on the trail so I don’t know what the rest of the trail looks like but the overgrowth was as far as the eye could see in both directions.