Jamaica Bay Unit
Skybowl & Spring Creek via Fountain Ring Drive
2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 54 min
Skybowl & Spring Creek via Fountain Ring Drive is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Spring Creek Towers, NY. The route passes Spring Creek before reaching Skybowl at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Skybowl & Spring Creek via Fountain Ring Drive
2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 54 min
Elevation 7–112 ft
Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit
Trailhead: Jamaica Bay Greenway · 40.65463, -73.86043
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Fountain Avenue & Brooklyn Developmental Center stop 384 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Spring Creek.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Fountain Ring Drive, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Gull Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Skybowl, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Fountain Ring Drive, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.3 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Fountain Avenue & Brooklyn Developmental Center stop 384 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Jamaica Bay Greenway Trailhead
- Spring Creek–Fountain Ring Drive, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Jamaica Bay Unit Beach–Falcon Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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