This municipal park has ample parking as well as a pavilion and exercise equipment. In Gloversville, the trail reaches what is really its centerpiece - Trail Station Park.
Before long, you’re back in a city, this time Gloversville. At Harrison Street, the trail passes through Parkhurst Field, home of the local little league, one of many community assets the trail connects. Trail users can easily visit Johnson Hall State Historic Site, which can be found a short ride west from the trail off of West State Street.Īs the trail leaves Johnstown and heads north into Gloversville, it enters an area with a more rural feel, but you can always see a building in one direction or another. Cross the streets with caution, however, as several of the crosswalks traverse heavily used state highways. Johnstown handles these street crossings well - through the use of distinctive decorative crosswalks that spell out the name of the FJ & G Trail. While in Johnstown, the trail winds through city streets, cutting across many streets at a diagonal angle and requiring more street crossings than your typical rail trail. However, similar to other manufacturing industries in the state, the 20th century saw the decline of glove-making in the area, leaving the factories empty and the city’s economy uncertain. The factories used the Cayadutta Creek as their energy source and the factory buildings can still be seen dotting the banks of the narrow, winding waterway. The area quickly became known as the glove-making capital of the world, as the glove factories spawned a range of ancillary services required to support the glove industry.
Gloversville and Johnstown are known as the “Glove Cities” because of the many glove factories which were located there because of the plentiful supply of wood bark, Hemlock in particular, needed to tan leather. After about a mile, you start to get into the middle of the city of Johnstown, where you’ll see the first of many industrial buildings that line the trail- the reason for the existence of the railroad and subsequently the trail. Heading north from Union Avenue, the first stretch of trail runs through a wooded area alongside the Cayadutta Creek. However, there is no parking at this location, and it is only a place to start a ride on the trail if riding from elsewhere in the vicinity. The southern terminus of the main section of the trail is on Union Avenue in Johnstown. The main trail runs for eight miles through the cities of Johnstown and Gloversville, while the Vail Mills section runs two miles, ending in the village of Broadalbin. The FJ & G Rail Trail today consists of two separate sections. Plus, it's a draw for tourists and visitors, especially during foliage season. It alternates between rural and urban settings, and is a great example of a trail that offers residents both a place to exercise and a safe, off-road transportation connection to access local parks, businesses and other community amenities. Stretching between two of its namesake cities in the foothills of the southern Adirondacks, the FJ & G (Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville) Rail Trail runs for a total of 10 miles through Fulton County.
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