Glen Cove: Welwyn Preserve, Holocaust Center, Garvies Point (Suburban Hike)

Please join us for the world premiere of a lovely suburban hike in Long Island's North Shore! We will pass through a number of interesting environments: suburban town streets, (with an excellent coffee shop!), forest and waterfront paths offering views of the L.I. sound, a brief visit to a Holocaust museum located in an old mansion, and at the end of it, a brewpub. There will be a bunch of nice sights to see along the way.

The total distance will be around 7-8 miles, all of it on a mix of woodland trails and suburban streets and sidewalks, and we will keep a comfortable (but not slow) pace. The hike is rated Moderate under the new system, and 3B8 under the old system. Please bring drinking water, lunch and/or snacks, and dress for a full day of walking. There are no convenient bail-out points, so if you need to leave early, you will have to return on your own.

NYC folks can take either the 9:59 am train from Grand Central or the 10:15 am from Penn Station. We will gather at the Glen Cove LIRR station at 11:30 am to begin our hike. Coffee and a bathroom break will be available shortly thereafter, and there will be 2 comfortable lavatory stops along the way. Plan on catching either the 6:10 pm or 6:52 pm return train. For drivers: there appears to be free parking at the Glen Cove station.

Please register either here on MeetUp or at the AMC's activities site. Feel free to contact the leader with questions or comments, or post them here. For more information about the AMC and its wide range of outdoor activities, check out outdoors.org or amc-ny.org

AMC website listing:
https://activities.outdoors.org/s/oc-activity/a5UVX000001LCdV2AW/act00024378