Walkable Westchester

Walkable Westchester

2021 - 3rd edition
Jane Daniels (author)
Walt Daniels (author)

Walkable Westchester is a completely updated and comprehensive guide to over 200 parks and more than 635 miles of trails in Westchester County.

Looking for places to walk, hike, or ride?  Westchester County has over 225 parks and more than 635 miles of trails for you to explore.  The best book about hiking and walking in Westchester County ever since it was first printed in 2009, this third edition of Walkable Westchester by Jane and Walt Daniels has been completely updated for 2021.  This comprehensive guide not only has the latest trail and park updates but also includes new color maps photos and other features to make this go-to reference for exploring Westchester County even better.

A new "What to do Where" table provides an easy reference for figuring out where you can take a dog, ride a bike or horse, or even cross-country ski or utilize accessible trails.  This third edition also includes 27 new places to walk, major updates to several parks, short descriptions of biking trails, and sidebars about history, lore, and natural science.  Popular features from the previous edition like a county-wide locator map and GPS coordinates have also been updated.

Westchester County has a wealth of green open space open to the public, with some parks having less than one mile of trails and others featuring more than 40 miles!  You can find hills to scramble up, ravines to wander through, meadows to ramble across, historic sites to explore, and Gilded Age gardens to visit.  This latest edition of Walkable Westchester includes a wide variety of walking opportunities on paved paths, wood roads, dirt roads, or narrow woodland footpaths in a mix of urban, suburban, rural, and natural settings.

With only a few small exceptions, all homes in Westchester County are located within one mile of a park boundary or place to walk, so grab your copy of Walkable Westchester to explore Westchester as you walk, hike, run, ride a horse, walk your dog, bike, cross country ski, or snowshoe.

Book Features

• Information on 200 parks, preserves, sanctuaries, and protected open spaces, including 27 additional parks not in the previous edition 
• Descriptions of more than 635 miles of trails
• New color maps showing the latest trail updates
• New color photos highlight things you can see and experience
• New places to visit 
• County-wide locator map (PDF) and detailed maps of all but the smallest parks
• Table showing "What to do Where"
• History, science, and local lore
• Tables of short descriptions for short or twisty bike/multi-use trails
• Icons of activities permitted in each park
• Driving directions, GPS coordinates, and availability of public transportation
• Links to websites for additional information about the parks
• Table of contents (PDF) and detailed index (PDF)
• Learn more about this update guide with this short video narrated by the authors!
• Learn about the authors of this book here.

Published by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference.  464 pages.  Paperback.