Alley Pond Park
Little Alley Pond via Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
3.6 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Little Alley Pond via Vanderbilt Motor Parkway is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Alley Pond Park near Queens Village, NY. The route reaches Little Alley Pond. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Little Alley Pond via Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
3.6 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 85–203 ft
Out & Back · Alley Pond Park
Trailhead: 40.73930, -73.73384
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Union Turnpike & Winchester Boulevard stop 33 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Little Alley Pond.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Cunningham Park Greenway, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Little Alley Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, heading N.
- 1.7 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Union Turnpike & Winchester Boulevard stop 33 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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