Richmond Parkway Viewpoint–Ohrback Lake, 6 lakes
8.9 mi · ▲ 590 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Richmond Parkway Viewpoint–Ohrback Lake, 6 lakes is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Willowbrook Park near Bulls Head, NY. The route passes Loosestrife Swamp, Ohrback Lake, Pump House Pond and 2 more before reaching Richmond Parkway Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 590 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Richmond Parkway Viewpoint–Ohrback Lake, 6 lakes
8.9 mi · ▲ 590 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Elevation 30–360 ft
Out & Back · Willowbrook Park
Trailhead: Crocheron Avenue · 40.60616, -74.15699
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 66° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Transit-accessible: Victory Boulevard & Crocheron Avenue stop 208 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crocheron Avenue, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Willowbrook Park Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Eton Place, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 2.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftPass Loosestrife Swamp.
- 150 ftPass Ohrback Lake.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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.
- 0.1 miPass Stump Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Richmond Parkway Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Willowbrook Park Greenway, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crocheron Avenue, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Victory Boulevard & Crocheron Avenue stop 208 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Crocheron Avenue Trailhead
- Willowbrook Park Greenway 5.1 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Todt Hill–Ohrback Lake, 7 lakes 9.6 mi · ▲ 588 ft
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