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What’s more fun than going sledding when the powder falls…take some hot cocoa in a thermos with you and enjoy the snow day…

Below are just a few spots, but feel free to browse other links under USEFUL LINKS below the post.

Jump to Sledding Hills in: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Upstate NY

MANHATTAN

BROOKLYN

  • Prospect Park
  • Sunset Park
    • Map: Between 42nd and 43rd Streets
  • Fort Greene Park– 4 different hills…
  • Owl’s Head Park
    • Map: Colonial Road and 68th Street
  • Shore Road Park
    • Map: Shore Road and 97th Street
  • Highland Park
    • Map: Elton St. and Jamaica Avenue has a great long hill
  • Lincoln Terrace Park
    • Map: Eastern Parkway service road between Buffalo and Rochester Avenues
  • McKinley Park– Smaller hills, but family friendly…
    • Map: Ft. Hamilton Parkway and 75th Street

QUEENS

  • Astoria Park– Variety of hills and panoramic views…
  • Forest Park– Mary Whelan Playgrond at 79 St and Park Lane South is a good starting point…
  • Juniper Valley Park– One of Queens’ most popular parks.
    • Map: At 78th Street, near the tennis fields is a good snow day spot…
  • Bowne Park
    • Map: At 155th Street
  • Kissena Park– The hill just east of Kissena Lake…
  • Doughboy Plaza– Super small and local…
  • Crocheron Park– A very wide hill…
    • Map: 35th Avenue opposite Golden Pond
  • Highland Park– Between Queens and Brooklyn on a high plateau, it affords great views.
    • Map: Jamaica Avenue and Elton Street…

BRONX

  • Ewen Park– One of the best spots in the city and has stairs you can climb back up on…
  • Crotona Park– Slope behind ball field #3…
  • Claremont Park– 172nd Street and Teller Avenue…
  • St. Mary’s Park– Has both steep hills and gentle slopes…
  • Williamsbridge Oval– The spaces between the stairs are good for sledding…
  • Shoelace Park– Anywhere between 220th and 230th Streets

STATEN ISLAND

  • Clove Lakes Park– Martling and Slosson Avenue convergence…
  • Silver Lake Park– Dead Man’s Hill, yeah dude!
  • Latourette Park

WESTCHESTER

  • Dunwoodie Golf Course– Yonkers
  • Maple Moor Golf Course– White Plains
  • Mohansic Golf Course– Yorktown Heights
  • Saxon Woods Golf Course– Scarsdale
  • Sprain Lake Golf Course– Yonkers
  • Lasdon Park and Arboretum– Somers
  • Croton Gorge Park– Cortlandt
  • Ward Pound Ridge Reservation– Cross River
  • Davenport Park– New Rochelle
  • Downing Park– Yorktown Heights
  • White Plains High School– White Plains
  • Zinsser Park– Hastings-on-Hudson, short and steep hill…
  • Rockefeller State Park Preserve– Rockwood Hall has a dedicated sledding hill with great views…
  • Gedney Park– New Castle

LONG ISLAND

  • Cedar Creek Park– Seaford. Hilly and large…
  • Bethpage State Park– Old Bethpage. Sled on 5 golf courses…
  • Baldwin Harbor Park– Baldwin. Lots of space and close to water…
  • Eisenhower Park– East Meadow. Sled hill near Parking lot #1 in a massive park…
  • Flower Hill Park– Manhasset. Near some of the hilliest parts of LI…
    • Map
  • Grant Park– Hewlett. One of Nassau’s top sledding spots apparently…
  • Herricks High School– New Hyde Park. Some of the best hills around the area…
  • Malverne High School Field– Malverne. Locals call it “the pitts”…
  • Newbridge Road Park– Bellmore. Steep hill good for adventerous kind…
  • Washington Avenue Park– Seaford. Steep hills around a sunken baseball field…
  • Belmont Lake State Park– North Babylon. Good for newbies…
  • Herrman Griem Park– Wheatley Heights. Popular place with variety of slopes…
  • Heckscher Park– Huntington, not the Heckscher State Park in Islip. Many sledding spots to enjoy, steep hills and long runs…
  • Southampton Youth Services Rec Center– Southampton. Great for smaller children…
  • Dead Man’s Hill @ Valley Stream State Park– We heard rumors of a great hill, but unverified…
  • Bald Hill– Farmingville. Formerly a skiing area, it’s one of the highest points in LI… go behind Jane’s Hill in Huntington, or near-by Telescope Hill…
  • Islip Grange Park– Known as the grange by locals, it has gentle sloping hills…

CONNECTICUT

  • CTPost article about sledding hills in CT is a good guide to local spots…
  • Cummings Park– Stamford. Something for everyone…
  • Bruce Park– Greenwich
  • Gilly Lane
  • Waveny Park– Good sledding hill by a mansion…
  • Beardsley Park– Nice long gentle hill…
  • Gould Manor Park
  • Sturges Park
  • Winslow Park

NEW JERSEY

  • Leonard Gordon Park (Mosquito Park)– Jersey City, best sledding in state…
  • Meadow Breeze Park
  • Phillipsburg Hills– On Delaware River, behind local Target Store…
    • Map
  • Lawrenceville– The wooded area behind Notre Dame High School…
  • Hopatcong State Park– Great sledding hill, but can get crowded…
  • South Mountain Reservation
  • Echo Lake Park– At “Summer Arts Concert Area”
  • Duke Island Park– Bridgewater. By the entrance to the park…
  • Fort Mott State Park– A huge man-made hill made to hide artillery from enemies…
  • Chestnut Branch Park– Hours of fun in the snow on rolling hills…
  • Waltman Park– In Millville.
  • Holmdel Park– Great hills and also has nights for night sledding…
  • Ft. Lee Sledding Park– Just over GWB in NJ and has something for all kids…
  • Mountainside Park– One of the premier parks around Montclair…
  • Bunny Hill– Great hill and gets crowded for a reason…
  • Flood’s Hill– Another great hill with long rides…

UPSTATE NY

  • Fahnestock State Park– Winter Park at Canopus Lake, pay (a little) to play, but super easy and fun with warming hut, food and skiing near…
    • Map (aim for Canopus Lake Beach parking lot)
  • Bear Mountain– Some sledding can be done near the ice rink and close to parking, carousel and zoo…
  • Winter Hill– A mansion close to Bear Mountain
    • Map
  • Bowdoin Park– Hudson views from top of the sledding hill
  • Drayton Grant Park– At Burger Hill. Great views from the hill and great!!! sledding…
  • Tymor Park– No obstacles to worry about on this big hill and you’ll probably have it to yourself at weekdays…
  • Old Silver Mine Ski Area– The abandoned slopes of an old ski area in Harriman State Park… nice long slope…
  • Eugene Levy Memorial Park– Great sledding hill and a fire pit in the winter…
  • Thomas Bull Memorial Park– The hill by the golf course is good for sledding, they also have snow-tubing in the winter…
  • Mine Kill State Park– A nice hill near free ice skating on a pond near the ranger house (with free skate loaners) and cross country skiing tracks too…
  • Beattie-Powers Place– Catskills. Long hill for fast rides for kids and great views for parents… park is free to access and open every day…
  • Staatsburg State Historic Site– Long, steep hill near a mansion…

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