Granite Knolls Park East

The site of small scale quarry operations, Granite Knolls Park boasts an almost house size Giant Boulder which was pushed to its current place by receding ice. It sits among pieces of rock split from its side. Along the ridge of the knoll are additional large rocks, not yet quarried. Other evidence of quarry operations are scattered through out the park included quarry pits, cables, and an old gear. The park is also former farmland.

A visitor to Granite Knolls will quickly notice there are two types of trails: woods roads and narrow windy trails. 

The latter with their undulating route will delight skilled mountain bikers. Hikers can use those same trails to visit many small quarries and traverse the top of the knoll which gives the park its name. 

Currently there is no parking at the park. The shortest access is from Woodlands Legacy Field Park (see below). Take the Taconic Bridge Trail (pink) over the parkway from the ballfields parking lot, 0.2 mile. It is also accessible from the Yorktown Trailway. Enter at the end of Buckhorn Street in Shrub Oak and walk south one mile to the Taconic Bridge Trail. Follow the pink blazes into the park.

Location: East side of Stony Street, Shrub Oak, NY 10588