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La Tourette Park

Loosestrife Swamp–Walker Pond, 5 lakes

6.4 mi · ▲ 685 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Loosestrife Swamp–Walker Pond, 5 lakes is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in La Tourette Park near New Dorp, NY. The route passes Walker Pond, Turtle Pond, Altamont Pond and Loosestrife Swamp before reaching Town Pond at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 685 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 243 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58048, -74.12083
Nearest town New Dorp, NY
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Loosestrife Swamp–Walker Pond, 5 lakes

6.4 mi · ▲ 685 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 11–244 ft

Out & Back · La Tourette Park

Trailhead: 40.58048, -74.12083

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Transit-accessible: Richmond Road & Locust Avenue stop 417 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Walker Pond.
  3. 50 ftPass Turtle Pond.
  4. 50 ftPass Altamont Pond.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftPass Loosestrife Swamp.
  15. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  20. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  28. 150 ftTurn left onto La Tourette Park Greenway, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  30. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  31. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  32. 0.4 miPass Town Pond.
  33. 0.1 miReach Loosestrife Swamp, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  35. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  37. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  38. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  39. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  41. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  42. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  43. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  44. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  45. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  46. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  47. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  48. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  49. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  50. 400 ftBear right, heading E.
  51. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  52. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  53. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  54. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  56. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  57. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  58. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  59. 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/loosestrife-swamp-loosestrife-swamp-out-back-9-lakes-10-km

Trail surface

90% dirt1% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Richmond Road & Locust Avenue stop 417 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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