1. Start on Cross Bay Boulevard Greenway, heading SE.
2. 50 ftPass Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Beach.
3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
4. 0.4 miBear left onto North Spur, heading SE.
5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge - West Pond, heading S.
6. 0.2 miPass West Pond.
7. 500 ftPass East Pond.
8. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
9. 100 ftTurn right onto Cross Bay Boulevard Greenway, heading SE.
10. 0.2 miPass Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Beach.
11. 50 ftReach East Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
13. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge - West Pond, heading NW.
15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto North Spur, heading N.
16. 0.9 miSharp left onto Cross Bay Boulevard Greenway, heading N.
17. 0.2 miArrive 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/east-pond-west-pond-out-back-10-beaches