We started at Fort Tryon and walked through Inwood Hill Park. The walkway over the Henry Hudson Bride is closed for construction, so from there we took the Broadway Bridge and headed west to Seton Hill Park and Riverdale Park.
Riverdale Park is a long, narrow stretch of woods on the western side of the Bronx. The Metro-North Hudson line is between it and the river, so there is no river access.
The next part of the hike wasn't quite as interesting, along Riverdale Avenue from the Bronx to Yonkers. Yonkers, despite being the fourth-largest city in New York, feels like everyone with money sends it all to New York City. But the daylighted Sawmill River in downtown Yonkers is nice.
We next headed to the Old Croton Aqueduct trail, following it north to the Untermyer Gardens. Now, I've walked past it a couple of times, but never been in. Apparently they've been doing a lot of nice reconstructive work on it, including putting a head back on the unicorn.
The gardens are quite lovely.
From the garden, we walked down to the nearest bus station, taking it to the 1 train back to the city. Our total distance was 16 miles.
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