Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Lake & John Muir Trail
3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Van Cortlandt Lake & John Muir Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Van Cortlandt Park near Lowerre, NY. The route reaches Van Cortlandt Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Van Cortlandt Lake & John Muir Trail
3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 20–95 ft
Out & Back · Van Cortlandt Park
Trailhead: 40.91005, -73.89243
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Broadway & West 262nd Street stop 341 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Yonkers Branch, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto John Muir Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Van Cortlandt Park Greenway, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Van Cortlandt Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto John Muir Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yonkers Branch, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 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: Broadway & West 262nd Street stop 341 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Croton Aqueduct Trail 3 mi · ▲ 119 ft
- Vault Hill & Van Cortlandt Lake via John Muir Trail 3 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Old Croton Aqueduct Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 174 ft
- Old Croton Aqueduct Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 174 ft
- John Muir Nature Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 201 ft
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