Jamaica Bay Unit

Piping Plover Protected area Beach & Breezy Point Tip Beach

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Piping Plover Protected area Beach & Breezy Point Tip Beach is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Breezy Point, NY. The route passes Breezy Point Tip Beach, Piping Plover Protected area Beach and Piping Plover Protected area Beach. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly sand. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 10 ft1.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.55313, -73.92805
Nearest town Breezy Point, NY

Directions

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Piping Plover Protected area Beach & Breezy Point Tip Beach

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Elevation 2–10 ft

Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit

Trailhead: 40.55313, -73.92805

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Breezy Point Tip Beach.
  3. 50 ftPass Piping Plover Protected area Beach.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miPass Piping Plover Protected area Beach.
  6. 0.6 miReach Piping Plover Protected area Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.1 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

85% sand15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:03 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:23 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:51 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead