Enjoy the View! (Neighborhoods, Parks, and Lakes)

Join us on Staten Island to explore Hero, Silver, and Clove Lake parks and vicinity. The pace will be leisurely to moderate. We pass through contrasting neighborhoods and along woodland and lake paths. The walk is approx. 7miles with return by bus to the ferry.

We head out from St. George ferry along Bay Street and continue a steady uphill along multicultural shops on Victory Boulevard to Silver Lake. Along the way, we ascend to Hero Park, Notre Dame Academy, and Belvedere Social Club, admiring Howard Avenue majestic homes and pausing high up for a bay panorama. We descend to Silver Lake and stop at Veranda Grill for lunch at outdoor tables overlooking the golf course. Restrooms available. Beverages/snacks for purchase.

We continue uphill on Victory, turn on Royal Oak Road, and enter Clove Lake Park. We stroll downhill on a woodland path and along a lake and brook before reaching the historic tulip tree, possibly the oldest and largest tree in the city. We exit the park on the corner of Forest Ave. and Clove Rd. and take the S48 back to St. George Ferry Terminal.

MEET: Take the 10:30 a.m. ferry from Manhattan to Staten Island. Meet near restrooms on upper level of Whitehall Terminal at 10:15 a.m. Or meet group in front of restrooms in Staten Island St. George Terminal at 11 a.m.

END: Exit Clove Lake Park, and take the S48 bus on the corner of Forest Ave. and Clove Rd. back to the St. George ferry terminal. End time approx. 4 p.m.

BRING: Hat, sunscreen, bug spray, water, lunch, snacks, card for bus back. Option to purchase beverages/snacks at Veranda Grill lunch stop.

PLEASE NOTE: Shorewalkers who prefer a fast pace are advised to look for another walk.

HIKE LEADERS: Kiki Black 929-425-4212 and Jean Jamate 917-558-1649 (text only)