Jamaica Bay Unit
Beach Channel Drive Greenway
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Beach Channel Drive Greenway is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Roxbury, NY. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beach Channel Drive Greenway
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation -1–20 ft
Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit
Trailhead: 40.58206, -73.88855
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Flatbush Avenue & Toll Booth stop 212 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Beach Channel Drive Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Flatbush Avenue & Toll Booth stop 212 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Bergen Beach–Floyd Bennett Field Beach, 4 beaches 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Bergen Beach–Floyd Bennett Field Beach, 4 beaches 5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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