West Hills County Park

Walt Whitman Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Walt Whitman Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in West Hills County Park near West Hills, NY. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 341 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.81202, -73.43979
Nearest town West Hills, NY

Directions

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Walt Whitman Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 228–341 ft

Out & Back · West Hills County Park

Trailhead: 40.81202, -73.43979

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:25 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading S.
  13. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  25. 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

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:25 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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