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Pelham Bay Park

Pelham Bay Park Beach via City Island Greenway

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Pelham Bay Park Beach via City Island Greenway is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Pelham Bay Park near Spencer Estates, NY. The route passes Pelham Bay Park Beach before reaching Pelham Bay Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 36 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.84695, -73.82592
Nearest town Spencer Estates, NY
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Pelham Bay Park Beach via City Island Greenway

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 0–35 ft

Out & Back · Pelham Bay Park

Trailhead: 40.84695, -73.82592

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 81 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftPass Pelham Bay Park Beach.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mosholu-Pelham Greenway, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto City Island Greenway, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miReach Pelham Bay Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.1 miTurn left onto Mosholu-Pelham Greenway, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  21. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 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/pelham-bay-park-beach-pelham-bay-park-beach-out-back-4-beaches-7-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 81 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead

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