Hyde Park Walkabout Trails (2025 Patch): Beginner-Friendly

Patch-in-a-Day Hike, 5 Hyde Park Trails!

Minimum 5 Hyde Park Trails, approx 6 miles at an easy/moderate pace.

Perfect event for beginner hikers that want to try more miles while having the option to bail out early.

Read each hike description.

Pass: Trails are all free

Description: The Hyde Park Trail system includes nearly 16 miles of trails linking town parks, nature preserves, historic sites, and National Park sites with local neighborhoods and the town’s central business corridor in Hyde Park. It is also designated part of the Hudson Valley Greenway Trail.

The Walkabout is a project to promote healthy physical activity—walking or snowshoeing on trails. Walk at least five trails and receive a free Walkabout patch.

We will hike all trails with a check mark ✔️

A. Vanderbilt Loop (2.5 mile round trip)

B. Bard Rock Trail (3.2 mile round trip)

✔️C. Pinewoods Nature Trail Loop (0.7 mile loop)

✔️D. Hackett Hill Park: Woodland and Guinea Community Trails (1.1 mile loop)

✔️E. Winnakee Nature Preserve Trail (1.3 mile round trip)

F. Roosevelt Woods Trail (3.3 mile round trip)

G. Roosevelt Farm Lane Trail (3.6 mile round trip)

✔️H. Eleanor’s Walk (1 mile loop)

✔️I. Top Cottage Trail (2 mile round trip)

J. Blue Trail (2.4 mile one-way)

K. White Trail (1.75 mile one-way)

Let's meet at 11:00 am at the Eleanor Roosevelt National
Historic Site parking lot. Bring water and snacks. We will need to drive between hikes.

We will start out with hike H, taking the red trail for a 1 mile loop on Eleanor's Walk to get loosened up, before taking the Top Cottage Trail (hike I, tulip-tree leaf markers) for a two-mile out-and-back.

Next we will relocate cars to the end of Terwilliger Rd, where we'll hike the Winnakee Nature Preserve Trail (hike E) in a loop for 1.3 miles.

Afterwards we'll move the cars again, this time to Hackett Hill Park; the parking lot is on East Market St. From there we'll do an easy 1.1 mile loop on the Woodland trail (green) and the Guinea Community trail (red).

Finally, we'll relocate to Pinewoods Park, where we'll finish up our fifth trail with the Pinewoods Nature Trail Loop (hike C), which is just 3/4 of a mile.

Once complete, we can head over to the Vanderbilt Mansion to receive our 2025 patches!

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