West Hills County Park

Red Dot Trail via Walt Whitman Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Red Dot Trail via Walt Whitman Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in West Hills County Park near West Hills, NY. It climbs 283 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 374 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.79607, -73.44654
Nearest town West Hills, NY

Directions

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Red Dot Trail via Walt Whitman Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 228–374 ft

Out & Back · West Hills County Park

Trailhead: 40.79607, -73.44654

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:25 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miReach Red Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading E.
  23. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 500 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  28. 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 surface

65% dirt2% gravel33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:25 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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