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Running trails in Staten Island, NY
Staten Island has 22 trails in the directory — 1 paved and 9 on crushed gravel or dirt, 2 boardwalk, 2 loops that return to the trailhead, 1 with a stated distance, 1 shaded, and 4 open 24 hours. 18 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 14,254 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.
Clove Lakes Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 3,503 reviews
Lakes, ponds & trees plus modern recreational areas including playgrounds & an outdoor skating rink.
Wolfe's Pond Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 2,021 reviews
Seaside city park with tennis courts, BBQ area & playgrounds is also a nature & wildlife preserve.
Silver Lake Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 1,954 reviews
209-ac. public park with lake, 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, sports fields, trails & more.
Great Kills Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 1,885 reviews
This waterfront greenspace near Great Kills Harbor features trails, a salt marsh & 4 beaches.
Conference House Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 959 reviews
Waterfront park with heritage buildings, broad lawn areas, multi-use trails & a playground.
Ocean Breeze Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 788 reviews
Sand dunes, wetlands, grasslands & shrub forest in a 110-acre park with a track and field complex.
Latourette Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 812 reviews
City park featuring a historic 19th century mansion, a golf course, hiking trails & a nature center.
High Rock Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 434 reviews
City park known for its ponds, wetlands, walking trails & a hill with panoramic views at the top.
North Mount Loretto State Forest
4.6 ★★★★★ 334 reviews
Sizable natural area with forests & wetlands, offering hiking, fishing & birdwatching opportunities.
Mount Loretto Unique Area
4.7 ★★★★★ 318 reviews
Park featuring beaches and trails for walking , biking and birdwatching.
Clay Pit Ponds State Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 298 reviews
265-ac. nature preserve including wetlands, ponds, hiking trails, an interpretive center & more.
Blue Heron Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 240 reviews
Nature preserve featuring lush woodlands, ponds and trails, plus a center dedicated to wildlife.
Brookfield Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 175 reviews
Grassland and woodland park featuring paved trails for biking and walking plus unpaved paths for hiking.
Blood Root Valley
4.5 ★★★★★ 137 reviews
Hikes through bloodroot valley at this spot featuring a tennis court and an abandoned hospital.
Allison Pond Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 109 reviews
Hiking trails, a stream and a pond for ducks and turtles highlight this wooded park.
Deere Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 89 reviews
Large wooded park featuring a Korean War memorial & the Staten Island Greenbelt Blue Trail.
Greenbelt Conservancy Headquarters (High Rock Park)
4.8 ★★★★★ 65 reviews
Park featuring a forest with color-designated hiking paths, picnic tables, and a lake.
Paulo's Peak
4.6 ★★★★★ 61 reviews
Man-made mountain with a gentle slope, plus views and a path to the top.
Reed's Basket Willow Swamp Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 57 reviews
New Springville Greenway
4.8 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Heritage Trails Of Conference House Park
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Staten Island
- Match the surface to your legs. Staten Island gives you a choice: 9 natural surface, 3 mixed, 2 boardwalk, and 1 paved. 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 natural surface trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? 2 trails here are loops, so you finish back at the car with no backtracking — the easiest way to run a set distance without thinking about it. On an out-and-back you turn round at half your target distance, which makes any trail fit any run. The longest stated distance in Staten Island is Greenbelt Conservancy Headquarters (High Rock Park) at 35 mi. 1 trail is long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 4 trails in Staten Island are open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 18 of the 22 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 10 have trailhead parking, 9 have restrooms, and 2 have a water fountain in Staten Island. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 1 shaded, 12 that runners describe as quiet, 10 dog-friendly, and 1 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. 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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