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Trail View State Park

Franklin Pond–Nassau County Basin #474, 5 sights

8 mi · ▲ 696 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Franklin Pond–Nassau County Basin #474, 5 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Trail View State Park near Cold Spring Harbor, NY. The route passes Franklin Pond and Nassau County Basin #474. It climbs 696 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi49 – 256 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Daniel P. Davison Trail 40.85735, -73.45336
Nearest town Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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Franklin Pond–Nassau County Basin #474, 5 sights

8 mi · ▲ 696 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 49–255 ft

Out & Back · Trail View 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto West Loop Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miPass Franklin Pond.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto CLIMB Blue Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Climb/Greenbelt Trail, heading S.
  9. 400 ftTurn right onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miPass Nassau County Basin #474.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftTurn left onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading S.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading S.
  20. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  23. 150 ftTurn right onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading S.
  26. 50 ftReach Franklin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading S.
  29. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  31. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  32. 450 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading N.
  34. 50 ftTurn right onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading N.
  35. 450 ftContinue straight onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading N.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading N.
  37. 450 ftContinue straight onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading NW.
  38. 0.5 miTurn left onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftTurn right onto Climb Blue MB Trail, heading NE.
  40. 150 ftTurn left onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  41. 100 ftTurn left onto Climb/Greenbelt Trail, heading N.
  42. 450 ftTurn right onto CLIMB Blue Trail, heading NE.
  43. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  44. 0.1 miTurn right onto Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  45. 1.9 miBear right onto West Loop Trail, heading N.
  46. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  47. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  48. 50 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/franklin-pond-franklin-pond-out-back-6-sights-12-km

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:25 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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