Saturday, May 11, 2024, 10:30AM - 5:30PM
Great River LIRR station,
New York, Long Island,
NY
A 17-mile, fast-paced walk to and through Heckscher State Park, Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park and Connetquot River State Park Preserve, beginning and ending at the Great River LIRR train station. The distance and the pace are vigorous, the elevation gain negligible. Meet at Great River LIRR train station at 10:31. The walk is limited to 20 people and there is a 20-person waitlist. Take the 9:08 train from Penn Station or the 9:13 train from Grand Central to Jamaica and transfer to the Speonk train leaving Jamaica at 9:38 arriving Great River at 10:31 am. Great River is on the Montauk line; this train ends in Speonk and will be listed as a Speonk train. We will get the 4:50 pm or 5:47 pm return train. Strava map: https://www.strava.com/routes/3105563139487448768 All Trails map: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/great-river-loop-6a21bd0?u=i&sh=fffn3t Google map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ErxqwWqS3dUzpoENh_TLoe5CJxGsn6I&usp=sharing Heckscher State Park is a 1600-acre park on the Great South Bay. Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is a 690-acre former estate with a mansion and formal gardens located on the Connetquot River. Connetquot River State Park Preserve is a 3473-acre nature preserve with a trout hatchery. All of the woods we will walk through have ticks. Wear pants and a hat, tuck pants legs into socks, use bug spray, avoid walking in tall grass or brushing up against leaves, check yourself for ticks during and after the walk. Boots are safer than sneakers and you may be happy to have boots on the sandy paths. There will be about one mile of beach walking, three miles of road walking, with the rest a mix of paved, gravel and dirt paths in the parks. Restrooms at 2.5, 9, 12 and 15 miles, Bring water, lunch, snacks. There will be water fountains along the way but no place to get food. We will take a short lunch break at Bayard; there is a small café which is quite slow, so do not plan to buy food there as it will take too long and we will not wait. Leader: Tom Bergen [email protected] 917-727-5507 With Covid-19 still present in our region, do not join if symptomatic or knowingly infected with it.
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