Running trails in Yonkers, NY
Yonkers has 15 trails in the directory — 4 paved and 1 on crushed gravel or dirt, 1 with a stated distance, 1 shaded, and 2 open 24 hours. 13 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 7,611 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.
Tibbetts Brook Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 3,535 reviews
161-acre park with an aquatic complex, tennis courts, baseball fields, hiking trails & more.
Sprain Ridge Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 2,125 reviews
Large, heavily wooded park offering several trails for hiking & mountain biking plus picnic areas.
Van Der Donck Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 531 reviews
Riverfront park featuring benches, fish and turtles.
Lenoir Preserve
4.5 ★★★★★ 336 reviews
40-acre preserve offering Hudson River views, featuring a nature center & seasonal butterfly garden.
Bronx River Pathway
4.7 ★★★★★ 219 reviews
Serene park traversed by the Bronx River with a waterfall.
H F Redmond Junior Memorial Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 161 reviews
Grant Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 162 reviews
Relaxed outdoor space with a playground and basketball courts, along with shaded seating.
Fay Park
4.2 ★★★★☆ 81 reviews
Clean green space featuring a playground, tennis courts and a baseball field.
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How to pick a trail in Yonkers
- Match the surface to your legs. Yonkers gives you a choice: 4 paved and 1 natural surface. 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 paved 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 Yonkers is Bronx River Pathway at 4.6 mi.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 2 trails in Yonkers are open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 13 of the 15 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 4 have trailhead parking and 6 have restrooms in Yonkers. 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, 9 that runners describe as quiet, 4 dog-friendly, and 2 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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