La Tourette Park
Buck’s Hollow–La Tourette Park Viewpoint, 5 lakes
4 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Buck’s Hollow–La Tourette Park Viewpoint, 5 lakes is a 4-mile out-and-back in La Tourette Park near New Dorp, NY. The route passes Turtle Pond, Altamont Pond, Loosestrife Swamp and Buck’s Hollow before reaching La Tourette Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 360 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buck’s Hollow–La Tourette Park Viewpoint, 5 lakes
4 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 120–238 ft
Out & Back · La Tourette Park
Trailhead: 40.58181, -74.12007
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Transit-accessible: Richmond Road & Locust Avenue stop 494 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Turtle Pond.
- 50 ftPass Altamont Pond.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Loosestrife Swamp.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Buck’s Hollow.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass La Tourette Park Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Buck’s Hollow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 1.9 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Richmond Road & Locust Avenue stop 494 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Willowbrook Parkway–Loosestrife Swamp, 5 lakes 1.1 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Richmond Parkway Viewpoint–Ohrback Lake, 8 lakes 2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Loosestrife Swamp–Walker Pond, 5 lakes 6.4 mi · ▲ 685 ft
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