Jamaica Bay Unit
Skybowl–Gull Trail, 3 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min
Skybowl–Gull Trail, 3 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Spring Creek Towers, NY. The route reaches Skybowl at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Skybowl–Gull Trail, 3 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min
Elevation 3–112 ft
Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit
Trailhead: Jamaica Bay Greenway · 40.64684, -73.87324
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Gateway Center Terminal & Gateway Drive stop 662 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Fountain Ring Drive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Gull Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miReach Skybowl, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miSharp right onto Fountain Ring Drive, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Gateway Center Terminal & Gateway Drive stop 662 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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