Bashakill Wildlife Management Area
Rail-Trail Spring & Otter Island via Mamakating O&W Rail Trail
1.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 34 min
Rail-Trail Spring & Otter Island via Mamakating O&W Rail Trail is a 1.7-mile out-and-back in Bashakill Wildlife Management Area near Westbrookville, NY. The route passes Rail-Trail Spring before reaching Otter Island at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rail-Trail Spring & Otter Island via Mamakating O&W Rail Trail
1.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 34 min
Elevation 501–516 ft
Out & Back · Bashakill Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Mamakating O&W Rail Trail · 41.50162, -74.55089
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mamakating O&W Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Rail-Trail Spring.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Rail-Trail Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Otter Island.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 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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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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