Directions: FROM THE EAST TAKE THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY/GRAND CENTRAL
PARKWAY TO THE UNION TURNPIKE EXIT. MAKE A RIGHT ONTO SPRINGFIELD BLVD. TURN
RIGHT ONTO 75TH AVE AND PARK. THIS IS THE EASTERN EDGE OF ALLEY PARK. ON ANY
OF THE PATHS START RUNNING EAST (THE ONLY DIRECTION THAT TAKES YOU DEEPER INTO THE PARK).
WHEN YOU REACH THE PARKING LOT NEAREST TO THE GRAND CENTRAL(SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE
PARK) THE TRAIL HEAD IS IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT.
Trail Information: TRAIL IS MOSTLY SOFT DIRT WITH SHORT STEADY HILLS.
SOME IS WINDY SINGLE TRACK AND SOME HAS BEEN WIDENED BY FOOT TRAFFIC OVER THE
YEARS. IF YOU ALWAYS GO TO YOUR RIGHT YOU WILL CIRCLE THE PORTION OF THE WOODS
BETWEEN THE CROSS ISLAND AND SPRINGFIELD BOULEVARD. THE ENTIRE LOOP IS APPROXIMATELY 3.5
MILES. THIS IS A GREAT WOODLAND RETREAT IN THE HEART OF QUEENS, NY.
Miscellaneous Information: ANY OF THE TRAILS THAT WIND INTO EACH OTHER
WILL GENERALLY DUMP YOU OUT INTO THE BALL FIELD/SOCCER FIELD AREA WHERE YOU CAN EASILY
TURN AROUND AND RUN THE TRAIL AGAIN OR WALK TO THE CAR FOR A COOLDOWN
MATTHEW SIELKEN