Running trails in Smithtown, NY
Smithtown has 7 trails in the directory — 1 with a stated distance. Every one post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 2,480 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Blydenburgh County Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 1,363 reviews
Forested park offering hiking trails, a playground, picnic areas & a pond for rowboats & fishing.
Sweetbriar Nature Center
4.8 ★★★★★ 491 reviews
Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center with animals, plus a butterfly house and trails.
Sweetbriar Park
4.8 ★★★★★ 315 reviews
Nature center housing rescued animals and injured wildlife in varied habitats, plus butterfly gardens.
Paul T Given Town Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 108 reviews
Small park featuring a hard-surface ramp for launching rowboats and kayaks into the Nissequogue River.
Landing Avenue Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 101 reviews
Relaxed park featuring a playground, a floating dock and Nissequogue River access.
Blydenburgh Park
4.8 ★★★★★ 69 reviews
Picturesque park featuring a lake and a hiking trail alongside a dog run and boat rentals.
Morewood Park
4 ★★★★☆ 33 reviews
Park with a playground and basketball court, plus scenic trails.
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How to pick a trail in Smithtown
- Match the surface to your legs. Most of what's here is mixed (1 of 7). Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More mixed trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance. The longest stated distance in Smithtown is Blydenburgh County Park at 5.7 mi. 1 trail is long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. Plenty of trails sit inside parks that gate at dusk and don't unlock until well after sunrise, so a trail that's perfect at lunchtime can be locked at 6am. 7 of the 7 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 3 have trailhead parking and 1 has restrooms in Smithtown. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 2 with mile markers, 4 that runners describe as quiet, and 3 dog-friendly. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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