Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint–Riverside Walk Viewpoint, 5 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 173 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint–Riverside Walk Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Fort Washington Park near Washington Heights, NY. The route passes Fort Washington Park Beach and Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint before reaching Riverside Walk Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 173 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint–Riverside Walk Viewpoint, 5 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 173 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 2–65 ft
Out & Back · Fort Washington Park
Trailhead: 40.85698, -73.93978
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 327 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Fort Washington Park Greenway, heading W.
- 200 ftPass Fort Washington Park Beach.
- 100 ftPass Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Riverside Walk, heading S.
- 1.3 miPass Riverside Walk Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Fort Washington Park Greenway, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 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.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 327 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fort Washington Park Greenway Viewpoint–Fort Washington Park Beach, 3 beaches 3 mi · ▲ 89 ft
- Dyckman Street Beach & Fort Washington Park Greenway 3.9 mi · ▲ 208 ft
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