Date visited: 8/27/2023

This is a very popular park in Westchester County. It's located on a peninsula that sticks out into the Hudson River. The park is a popular spot for fishing and picnics. There's also a swimming beach (dogs weren't allowed of course), and various playgrounds. The park is also a camping spot with different areas for tent camping, RV camping, and cabins that can be rented. We hiked what the All-Trails app called the "short loop," which is supposed to be 2.5 miles, but we wound up walking nearly 4 miles here! The one disappointing part was there wasn't much access to the river for the dogs to cool off. I did find one spot off a small side trail from the main waklway. It looked like a tree had recently fallen, because the leaves on the fallen tree were still green. We didn't arrive until after 5:30 PM on a Sunday evening, so we didn't have time to explore the entire park. Arriving so late did allow us to go out on one of the decks near the cabins, since the people renting them for the weekend had already checked out. There's a $10 charge for this park, but there is quite a lot to do and see here. There's also a nature center that we didn't have time for, as well as a river walk nearby, so we may have to return at some point!

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Date visited: 10/27/2023

See Also: Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Croton-on-Hudson, Peekskill

This is the paved multi-use trail that connects Croton Landing with Cronton Point Park. We started at Croton Landing, which is a very nice park in itself. There's a 9/11 Monument here in the form of a sun dial, and includes a metal beam from the north tower. The paved trail runs along side the river while in the park. The trail continues south past a marina and a yacht club. It also passes Senasaqua Park, which looked very nice. Of course, dogs are not allowed at this park, and neither are most people because it is for residents only. Near the marina, it was unclear initially which direction the path went. The All-Trails app had it going through the marina and a private gated community. I also brought up a map on the phone from the town's website which showed two different routes, but I only saw the one. The guard at the booth in front of the gated community did not know where the bike path was. After showing him the map, he let us walk the path through the community....but he probably was not supposed to, because All-Trails had it wrong. Not only that, dogs are not allowed at all on the community property. Once we reached the end by Croton Point Park, I saw where the bike path actually went. It's on the other side of a very tall fence protecting the community from those on the bike path. We took the bike path back, and it actually connected to the other part of the path near the marina, but across the street. This section actually has a small tunnel under the road, which is why I couldn't tell where the path was on the map because it was under the road. That and All-Trails having it go through private property was all pretty confusing, but in the end no harm was done, and we had a nice walk through the gated community where we weren't supposed to be!

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Date visited: 6/16/2024

This is another very popular park in Westchester County. It's so popular in fact, that on my initial drive by they weren't letting anyone else in the parking lot. I turned around and came back five minutes later and I guess enough people left that they could let a few more cars in. Parking is $10, but some people were parking up the street near the top of the dam, but that area was pretty full as well. Once inside the park, the grass area in front of the dam was very crowded. There were grills, cookouts, and food trucks here. The dam is very impressive. After taking photos near the dam, we proceeded up the footpath to the top of the dam. Cars used to be allowed to drive across the top but aren't anymore, so it's just a pedestrian walkway on top of the dam. There are great views of New Croton Reservoir on the top. We proceeded to complete the loop using the main path on the other side of the dam. We added some extra steps by walking about a mile and back down the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.

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Date visited: 6/16/2024

This is a linear park, following the path of the Old Croton Aqueduct, running from Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to Croton Gorge Park, in the Croton-on-Hudson section of Cortlandt. When we were visiting Croton Gorge Park, we walked a mile section (two miles, out and back) of this trail.

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