La Tourette Park
Buck’s Hollow & La Tourette Park Viewpoint
5.2 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Buck’s Hollow & La Tourette Park Viewpoint is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in La Tourette Park near Bulls Head, NY. The route passes Buck’s Hollow before reaching La Tourette Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 305 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buck’s Hollow & La Tourette Park Viewpoint
5.2 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 36–239 ft
Out & Back · La Tourette Park
Trailhead: 40.60221, -74.15712
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Transit-accessible: Victory Boulevard & Goller Place stop 620 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftPass Buck’s Hollow.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftPass La Tourette Park Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach Buck’s Hollow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 2.1 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 2.5 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Victory Boulevard & Goller Place stop 620 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- La Tourette Park Greenway 3.9 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- La Tourette Park Greenway 4.8 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Heyerdahl Ruins 5 mi · ▲ 190 ft
- Buck’s Hollow 5.2 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Willowbrook Parkway 5.9 mi · ▲ 421 ft
- Loosestrife Swamp & Altamont Pond 6.2 mi · ▲ 479 ft
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