Accessible Outdoors: Summer Trails Without Limits Reservations Open

WESTCHESTER, NY — A unique program that makes even more of Westchester County Parks accessible is accepting reservations for the summer.

The Westchester Parks Foundation (WPF) Trails Without Limits program at Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers this July and Cranberry Lake Preserve in West Harrison this August are accepting reservations now.

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The free program allows park visitors who may be living with mobility issues due to cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, amputation, paraplegia, arthritis, cardiac issues, joint replacements, or other mobility concerns, the opportunity to hike the trails of Westchester County Parks with the use of All-Terrain Trackchairs. The equipment can be used on dirt trails, mud, sand and grass.

Rome Leykin of Stamford, who is living with double above-knee amputation, participated in the pilot program introducing the specialized chairs in 2022.

"What I can do with this wheelchair is get back to the nitty gritty dirty trails that I have not been to since my accident," Leykin said. "It’s that freedom, the smells of nature, you can’t get that anywhere else. It’s important to give adaptive athletes the opportunity to be out in the wilderness again."

The All-Terrain Trackchair program is offered at no cost to the user. Those with their family, friends, and/or caregiver, will enjoy an approximately 1–2-mile hike guided with a Westchester Parks Foundation volunteer. The Adaptive Hike Program is meant to be used by park visitors who need hiking assistance to experience a rustic hiking trail. Because of limited availability, it may only be reserved by those who find it difficult to experience the designated trail without assistance.

Sessions must be reserved in advance here. Registration forms must be completed and submitted no later than 48 hours after registering and emailed to this address.

Find more information on the program here.