Scenic Drive on the Bronx River Parkway

The Bronx River Parkway is one of America's first true parkways — a slow, curving drive built specifically to feel like a park, not a highway.

Westchester County · Drive · about 35 min · 13 miles · Pleasantness: Very High

Why this route is pleasant

• Continuous tree canopy for nearly the entire route
• Follows the Bronx River — water on one side, woods on the other
• Original 1920s stone overpasses and arched bridges
• Sundays it closes to cars in summer for Bicycle Sundays
• No commercial signage, no billboards, no strip malls

What you'll see

• Kensico Dam Plaza at the northern end
• Bronxville's leafy stretch through residential parkland
• The river meandering beside the road through Scarsdale
• Old stone bridges arching overhead

Best time to go

Weekday mornings before 8am, or any Sunday in late spring when the leaves have just come in.

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