Canarsie Pier Beach–Jamaica Bay Unit Beach, 4 beaches is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Spring Creek Towers, NY. The route passes Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach, Jamaica Bay Unit Beach, Jamaica Bay Unit Beach and 2 more before reaching Jamaica Bay Unit Beach at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi-3 – 30 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.63794, -73.86838
Nearest town Spring Creek Towers, NY
Directions
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Canarsie Pier Beach–Jamaica Bay Unit Beach, 4 beaches
4.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation -4–28 ft
Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit
Trailhead: 40.63794, -73.86838
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Penn Ring Drive, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Jamaica Bay Unit Beach.
- 0.3 miPass Jamaica Bay Unit Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading W.
- 0.7 miPass Canarsie Beach.
- 50 ftPass Canarsie Pier Beach.
- 0.7 miPass Jamaica Bay Unit Beach.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach Canarsie Pier Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Penn Ring Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
74% paved22% gravel4% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Jamaica Bay Unit Beach–Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach, 4 beaches 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bergen Beach–Canarsie Pier Beach, 6 beaches 6.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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