Location: Chappaqua Distance: 1.5 miles Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 100' Type of Hike: loop Trail Condition: trail, rocky Wow Factor: ends at a playground How to get there: From the Taconic, head east on 100/133. Follow 133 as it turns right and right again. The park will be on the right about 1.5 miles … Continue reading Gedney Park
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Downing Park
Location: Yorktown Distance: 1.8 miles Skill Level: easy, good for little walkers and strollers Elevation Gain: 100' Type of Hike: loop Trail Condition: trail, gravel Wow Factor: ends in a playground Note: parking for Yorktown residents only (at least when FDR is charging for parking) How to get there: From the Taconic, take Route 202 … Continue reading Downing Park
Lewisboro Town Park
Location: Lewisboro Distance: 3.5 miles Skill Level: moderate to difficult Elevation Gain: 450' Type of Hike: lollipop Trail Condition: trail, road, rocky Wow Factor: views of a horse farm How to get there: From 684, take 35 East 6 miles. The park is on the right after 121. Park in the first lot to the … Continue reading Lewisboro Town Park
Croton Dam
Location: Croton-on-Hudson Distance: 1.25, option for more Skill Level: easy, good for little walkers, stroller accessible Elevation Gain: 100' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: gravel road Wow Factor: views of the dam Note: paid parking seasonally How to get there: From the Taconic State Parkway, take Underhill Ave west. Right on 129. Pass over … Continue reading Croton Dam
Angle Fly Preserve
From the Reis Park parking lot Location: Somers Distance: 2.8 miles, option for more or less Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 250' Type of Hike: lollipop Trail Condition: trail, road, thorny Wow Factor: graveyard view Note: thorn bushes grow pretty rampant in the first part of the hike in summer How to get there: From … Continue reading Angle Fly Preserve
Copake Iron Works
Location: Copake Falls Distance: 1 mile, option to add Bash Bish Skill Level: easy, good for little walkers Elevation Gain: 100' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: road, trail Wow Factor: preserved iron works Note: paid parking seasonally How to get there: From 22, head east on 344. Enter Taconic State Park. Just over half a … Continue reading Copake Iron Works
Bash Bish Falls
The waterfall is in MA but this trail starts in NY Location: Copake Falls Distance: 1.5 miles, option to add Iron Works Skill Level: easy, good for little walkers Elevation Gain: 300' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: road, rocky Wow Factor: 60' waterfall Note: paid parking seasonally How to get there: From 22, head east … Continue reading Bash Bish Falls
Mianus River Gorge
Location: Bedford Distance: 4.25 miles Skill Level: moderate Elevation Gain: 350' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: trail, rocky Wow Factor: 40' waterfall, quarry Note: closed Dec-Mar Website How to get there: From 22 near the Bedford triangle, turn east on 172. Turn right on Long Ridge/Stamford Rd. You'll see a don't enter sign, then … Continue reading Mianus River Gorge
Saunders Farm
Location: Garrison Distance: 1.5 miles Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 150' Type of Hike: varied Trail Condition: field Wow Factor: huge sculptures in the middle of a working cattle farm Note: Only open in the fall Website How to get there: From the Annsville Circle, take 9 North about 6.5 miles. Right on Frazier … Continue reading Saunders Farm
Veterans Memorial Park
Location: Carmel Distance: 2 miles Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 200' Type of Hike: dumbbell Trail Condition: trail, road, rocky, wet Wow Factor: views of the lake; tank and helicopter Note: parking fee How to get there: From 52, just north of where it starts from Route 6, turn onto 301 West. Head over the … Continue reading Veterans Memorial Park
Half Pint Hikes in the Hudson Valley 