La Tourette Park
Ohrback Lake–Hourglass Pond, 5 lakes
4.6 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Ohrback Lake–Hourglass Pond, 5 lakes is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in La Tourette Park near Staten Island, NY. The route passes Loosestrife Swamp, Ohrback Lake, Pump House Pond and Hourglass Pond before reaching Stump Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 452 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ohrback Lake–Hourglass Pond, 5 lakes
4.6 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 140–337 ft
Out & Back · La Tourette Park
Trailhead: 40.59091, -74.14560
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Transit-accessible: Forest Hill Road & Rockland Avenue stop 206 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftPass Loosestrife Swamp.
- 150 ftPass Ohrback Lake.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Pump House Pond.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Hourglass Pond.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Stump Pond.
- 300 ftReach Ohrback Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 206 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
- Heyerdahl Ruins 2 mi · ▲ 86 ft
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