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Bronx River access points and trip distances, New York

8 access points (8 public) along 6.0 river miles of the Bronx River in New York. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Shoelace (Bronx River Parkway)
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40.88444, -73.86725 0.5
0.5Fort Knox
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40.87737, -73.86902 0.8
1.3Kazimiroff Boulevard at Bronx River Parkway
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40.86718, -73.87310 0.4
1.7Paddle put-in (south ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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40.86194, -73.87469 2.3
4.0Starlight Park
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40.83252, -73.88288 0.6
4.6Concrete Plant Park
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40.82449, -73.88519 0.5
5.1Hunts Point Riverside Park
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40.81786, -73.88138 0.9
6.0Soundview Park
About 0.10 mi from the mapped river line.
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40.81060, -73.86670 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from NYC Parks, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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