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Pelham Bay Park

Central Woodland & Pelham Bay Park Beach via Mosholu-Pelham Greenway

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Central Woodland & Pelham Bay Park Beach via Mosholu-Pelham Greenway is a 5-mile out-and-back in Pelham Bay Park near Spencer Estates, NY. The route passes Pelham Bay Park Beach and Central Woodland. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 39 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pelham Bay Backwoods 40.84867, -73.82062
Nearest town Spencer Estates, NY
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Central Woodland & Pelham Bay Park Beach via Mosholu-Pelham Greenway

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 0–41 ft

Out & Back · Pelham Bay Park

Trailhead: Pelham Bay Backwoods · 40.84867, -73.82062

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Transit-accessible: Research Avenue & Ampere Avenue stop 316 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Pelham Bay Park Beach.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mosholu-Pelham Greenway, heading NW.
  12. 1 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftPass Central Woodland.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miReach Central Woodland, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  18. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  27. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/central-woodland-pelham-bay-park-beach-out-back-8-km-e301

Trail surface

39% paved61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Research Avenue & Ampere Avenue stop 316 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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