New York trails · Paumanok Path
Paumanok Path
A 33.9-mile point-to-point in New York, with 290 ft of climbing. Reaches Bald Hill and other lake/summit destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the middle third — 62% of the ascent, between mile 11.3 and mile 22.6. It gives back about 1,331 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Bald Hill (summit)
- Division Pond (lake)
- Sandy Pond (lake)
- Twin Ponds (lake)
- Jones Pond (lake)
- Grassy Pond (lake)
- Sears Pond (lake)
- Birch Creek Pond (lake)
- Duck Pond (lake)
- Woodchoppers Pond (lake)
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Getting there
Paumanok Path access. About 1 h 13 min drive (51 mi) from Lindenhurst. 40.90373, -72.52877 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:32 a.m., the sun rises at 7:00 a.m. and sets at 6:11 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:39 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 33.9-mile route works out to roughly 12 h 42 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Paumanok Path + Manorville Orange Trail — 8.2 mi loop, 455 ft gain
- Paumanok Path + Paumonok Path — 3.6 mi loop, 155 ft gain
- Paumanok Path — 4.6 mi loop, 653 ft gain