AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Manetto Hills Park

Walt Whitman Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 177 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Walt Whitman Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Manetto Hills Park near West Hills, NY. It is mostly level, with 177 ft of elevation gain, and 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 40.81259, -73.43597
Nearest town West Hills, NY
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Walt Whitman Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 177 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 228–369 ft

Out & Back · Manetto Hills Park

Trailhead: Red Dot Trail · 40.81259, -73.43597

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading S.
  9. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 1 miContinue straight onto Walt Whitman Trail, heading N.
  13. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miArrive 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-c304

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:25 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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