Running Map - Cloves Lake and Silver Lake Park

Staten Island: Cloves Lake Park and Silver Lake Park, Staten Island Greenbelt

Cloves Lake Park and Silver Lake Park

Cloves Lake Park is Staten Island's miniature Central Park. Silver Lake Park is a nearby reservoir that will add some extra mileage to a Cloves Lake Park run. Overall, this is a nice run. If you want a really long run you can take a path south to the Staten Island Greenbelt.

The Lakes

Cloves Lake Park and Silver Lake Park

The orange path in Cloves Lake Park takes you around three bodies of water - Brooks Lake, Martling Lake, and Clove Lake. There are a few hills within this three mile loop. If you want to explore, besides the obvious paved paths there are also some cross-country trails to explore in various parts of the park. If you think this park is too small to run long in, think again. Cloves Park is the site of the 6-Hour Ultramarathon, a 2 mile loop that the winner usually completes around 25 times.

If you want to go longer or run fewer loops you have two choices. The shortest option is running to Silver Lake. Getting there will take you on the road (Victory Boulevard) for slightly less than .75 miles. Once you get there, the path around Silver Lake park is an easy 1.3 mile loop. Since Silver Lake is actually a reservoir, you can split this lake into two sections via a connector that cuts across (about 0.15 miles long). You might consider running a figure 8 instead to make this a 1.6 mile loop.

Now if you want a really long run, you can run to the southeastern section of Cloves Lake (shown in red). Exit the park running south to Little Clove Road. Use Ayamar Avenue to catch a trail further south to the Staten Island Greenbelt.

Talk with other runners about Cloves Lake Park at our message board.

Directions

Driving: Take the Verrazano Bridge to the S.I. Expressway (Route 278) to exit 13 (Richmond/Clove Roads). Take a right on Clove Road. Park entrance at intersection of Victory Boulevard and Clove Road.

Public Transportation:From ferry, take the S62 bus to Park entrance at intersection of Victory Boulevard and Clove Road.