The Trails of Sleepy Hollow, a new addition to the
Devou Park Backcountry Trail system, are now open. The trails are ideal for hiking, running, mountain boarding and off-road cycling.
In the past four years, the Devou Park Trail Expansion Project has added 10 miles of new trails, including the Trails of Sleepy Hollow. This section of trails completes part of Phase III of the project.
Phase I included the completion of more than four miles of new trails, which doubled the previous offerings at Devou. Phase II, which was completed in 2013, added another four miles of natural surface trails to the park.
The Trails of Sleepy Hollow are on the east side of Sleepy Hollow Road, on the edge of Devou Park, a 703-acre park. The trails cover about 80 acres, and include a variety of paths.
The Sleepy Hollow trails system includes the Goat Path, which has been an active trail for years, and was officially added to the expansion project this year; the new Sleepy Hollow Trail, which was built for bikes; the Old Montague Road Trail, a road-to-trail conversion path; the Benny Vastine Nature Trail, which was established before the expansion project; and the Full Monty Trail, which was completed in 2012.
A ribbon cutting will be held in mid-October at the annual Backcountry Bonanza.
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