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3 Amazing Places to Visit in Westchester

As a commuting student that grew up in Westchester my entire life, I have an advantage when it comes to adventure ideas and taking friends to cool spots.

Cat OConnor
Oct 02, 2019
Fordham University
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3 Amazing Places to Visit in Westchester
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Here's 3 (of many many more) of my absolute favorite places to visit in Westchester.

Bronx River Trail 

The Bronx River Trail, which has a few entrances throughout different towns in Westchester, is a surprisingly quiet little oasis alongside the Bronx River highway. My favorite entrance is in Scarsdale, which is next to the train station. It goes a few miles in either direction from that entrance and it's a great trail to get a safe and refreshing run in or to walk and chat with friends.

There's even a little waterfall near the Scarsdale entrance that I love to sit near and read or just relax for a bit.

Cranberry Lake Preserve

Cranberry Lake Preserve is a little hiking location in West Harrison that has a few different trails of varying levels of difficulty. There's a cliff that you can climb, a little lake that is absolutely gorgeous and so many different little ins and outs. It's a great place to take a slow hike and catch up with friends or on the more flat trails, to get a more intense jog or run in. It's one of my favorite little adventure spots in Westchester and I love taking friends there.

I've been to Cranberry Lake Preserve dozens upon dozens of times and although I may have taken the same routes multiple times, I'll never get tired of it!

Larchmont Dog Beach

I've only been to the Larchmont Dog Beach a few times, but I absolutely love the environment there. It's so much fun for the dogs because they can run around on the sand or swim and it's super fun for us humans too because we can bond over our beautiful little fluffy friends.

My dog is not very energetic and rarely shows any excitement, and when I took him to the dog beach for the first time he took a while to warm up but after a bit of acclimating, he LOVED it!!! He was smiling so big and pitter pattering around going on his own little pupventure. 12/10 recommend.

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