Cold Spring Harbor State Park
Cold Spring Beach via Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail
3 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Cold Spring Beach via Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Cold Spring Harbor State Park near Cold Spring Harbor, NY. The route reaches Cold Spring Beach at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 538 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cold Spring Beach via Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail
3 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 24–223 ft
Out & Back · Cold Spring Harbor State Park
Trailhead: Daniel P. Davison Trail · 40.85735, -73.45336
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:25 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto West Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Cold Spring Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto West Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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