La Tourette Park
Heyerdahl Ruins
2 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 43 min
Heyerdahl Ruins is a 2-mile out-and-back in La Tourette Park near Staten Island, NY. The route reaches Heyerdahl Ruins at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Heyerdahl Ruins
2 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 43 min
Elevation 136–239 ft
Out & Back · La Tourette Park
Trailhead: 40.59107, -74.14761
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Transit-accessible: Forest Hill Road & Rockland Avenue stop 263 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Heyerdahl Ruins, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Forest Hill Road & Rockland Avenue stop 263 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- La Tourette Park Greenway 1.9 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Buck’s Hollow 2 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Ohrback Lake–Hourglass Pond, 5 lakes 4.6 mi · ▲ 452 ft
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