Bethpage State Park
Blue Trail–Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, 3 sights
8 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Blue Trail–Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, 3 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Bethpage State Park near Farmingdale, NY. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail–Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, 3 sights
8 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 73–143 ft
Out & Back · Bethpage State Park
Trailhead: 40.74359, -73.43499
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:25 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Yellow Red-Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Red-Dot Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 4.0 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Red Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Red Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Broad Spring 5.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Pink Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Nassau County Basin #441 via Orange Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Red Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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