Mud Flat Lookout–The Point Lookout, 5 beaches is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Marine Park near Gerritsen, NY. The route passes Mud Flat Lookout, Gerritsen Beach and Marine Park Beach before reaching The Point Lookout 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.
Elevation
0 mi-3 – 16 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue Trail 40.60047, -73.92827
Nearest town Gerritsen, NY
Directions
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Mud Flat Lookout–The Point Lookout, 5 beaches
2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min
Elevation -4–15 ft
Out & Back · Marine Park
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.60047, -73.92827
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue stop 335 m from the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Mud Flat Lookout.
- 150 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Gerritsen Beach.
- 50 ftPass Marine Park Beach.
- 150 ftReach Mud Flat Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass The Point Lookout.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, 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.
Trail surface
4% dirt96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue stop 335 m from the trailhead
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