Jamaica Bay Unit Beach–Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach, 4 beaches is a 2-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Spring Creek Towers, NY. The route passes Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach and Jamaica Bay Unit Beach. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi-3 – 43 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.63794, -73.86838
Nearest town Spring Creek Towers, NY
Directions
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Jamaica Bay Unit Beach–Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach, 4 beaches
2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min
Elevation -4–41 ft
Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit
Trailhead: 40.63794, -73.86838
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Penn Ring Drive, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Shirley Chisholm State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Jamaica Bay Unit Beach.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Peregrine Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Oystercatcher Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Jamaica Bay Unit Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Peregrine Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Penn Ring Drive, heading SE.
- 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 surface
55% gravel38% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 4 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Canarsie Pier Beach–Jamaica Bay Unit Beach, 4 beaches 4.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Bergen Beach–Canarsie Pier Beach, 6 beaches 6.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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