AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Manetto Hills Park

Walt Whitman Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Walt Whitman Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Manetto Hills Park near West Hills, NY. It climbs 309 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 371 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Dot Trail 40.81280, -73.43665
Nearest town West Hills, NY
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Walt Whitman Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 228–371 ft

Out & Back · Manetto Hills Park

Trailhead: Red Dot Trail · 40.81280, -73.43665

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 1 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 200 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 miBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  22. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/walt-whitman-trail-out-back-9-km-7ecf

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:25 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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