Hiking groups in New York.
4 clubs, and when they meet. Most meet on weekends, around Forest Hills, Staten Island. Most are free to join. The ones without a fixed day are listed below, linked to where they announce. Subscribe to this calendar →
What to expect.
Hiking groups in New York publish a day and a link, and the destination changes every week, so each listing points to where the week's hike is posted. Most are weekend mornings, most car-share or meet at a transit stop, and most run an easier option alongside the main one.
Read the week's post for distance, elevation and what to bring. Proper footwear, water and a layer are the baseline. Some groups charge an annual fee that covers insurance; many are free.
All 4 hiking groups in New York.
A to Z, in each club's own words. Every one links to the club, and every day and time is the one the club publishes.
Saturday-morning hikes through the Forest Park trails in Queens, meeting at Wallenberg Square in Kew Gardens. Big, friendly group; a dollar or two donation is asked but not required.
Saturdays, time varies · Forest Hills · Free · meetup.com →Brisk urban and shoreline hikes around the five boroughs (Pelham Bay, Forest Hills Gardens and the like), 'more walk and less talk'. Independent, unaffiliated, no money taken.
Roughly every two to three weeks, weekend mornings around 10:30am; posted on Meetup · Free · meetup.com →Volunteer-led club with several walks and hikes a week, all reached by public transit: urban walks like Bay Ridge to Coney Island alongside day hikes out of Grand Central. Non-members pay a small per-event fee.
Several walks and hikes a week, mostly weekends; listed on Meetup · $5 · meetup.com →Hikes in Staten Island's parks and Greenbelt, usually Sunday mornings with occasional weekday-evening walks. Running since 2018 and one of the larger hiking groups in the city.
Several hikes a week, mostly Sunday mornings around 10am plus weekday evenings; posted on Meetup · Staten Island · Free · meetup.com →
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