Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Lake & Putnam Greenway
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Van Cortlandt Lake & Putnam Greenway is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Van Cortlandt Park near Fieldston, NY. The route reaches Van Cortlandt Lake. 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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Van Cortlandt Lake & Putnam Greenway
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Elevation 19–34 ft
Out & Back · Van Cortlandt Park
Trailhead: Putnam Greenway · 40.88633, -73.89671
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue West stop 206 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Putnam Greenway, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Van Cortlandt Lake.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto John Kieran Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Putnam Greenway, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Van Cortlandt Park Greenway, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Van Cortlandt Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Putnam Greenway, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto John Kieran Nature Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Putnam Greenway, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 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: Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue West stop 206 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Vault Hill–Van Cortlandt Lake, 3 summits 1.7 mi · ▲ 113 ft
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