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Jamaica Bay Unit

Spring Creek–Fountain Ring Drive, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min

Spring Creek–Fountain Ring Drive, 3 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Spring Creek Towers, NY. The route reaches Spring Creek. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi-7 – 52 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jamaica Bay Greenway 40.65463, -73.86043
Nearest town Spring Creek Towers, NY
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Spring Creek–Fountain Ring Drive, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min

Elevation -8–54 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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Fountain Avenue & Brooklyn Developmental Center stop 384 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Spring Creek.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Fountain Ring Drive, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right onto Gull Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right onto Fountain Ring Drive, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading NE.
  7. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/spring-creek-fountain-ring-drive-out-back-3-sights-4-km

Trail surface

62% paved38% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: Fountain Avenue & Brooklyn Developmental Center stop 384 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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