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Morningside Heights along Hudson River & Broadway

New York City, New York, USA

Morningside Heights along Hudson River & Broadway

Length4.4 mi
Elev. Gain223 ft
Est. Steps10000

Road

Public transport

Places to sit

Scenic view

Historic site

Lake or River

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Morningside Heights along Hudson River & Broadway Introduction
Morningside Heights along Hudson River & Broadway is a 4.4 mile (10,000-step) route located near New York City, New York, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 223 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
The one mile stretch of the Hudson River Greenway above 100th St. offers the closest proximity to the river, less than 10 feet above water level and a gradual 20 foot drop along huge rocks to the river. To the West; it offers great views of the Hudson River with NJ on the other side. To the North: the GW Bridge. To the East: Riverside Park, with the spire of Riverside Church( the tallest church in NYC) towering above it. After we exit the Greenway there is a long steep climb to Grant’s Tomb, the Riverside Church and then a short walk to and through a part of the Columbia University Campus. Ending with a 0.8 mile walk along Broadway with access to three stops to the “1” subway line.
Waypoints

Start Point

Waypoint 1

West 100th St. access to Hudson River Greenway

Waypoint 2

Grant’s Tomb (of Civil War Union General Ulysses S. Grant)

Waypoint 3

Riverside Church

Waypoint 4

Columbia University Campus

End Point

Attractions Near Morningside Heights along Hudson River & Broadway
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Alma Mater (New York sculpture)

Place
Alma Mater is a bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French which is located on the steps leading to the Low Memorial Library on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It is a personification of the traditional image of the University as an alma mater, or "nourishing mother".

116th Street–Columbia University station

Place
116th Street–Columbia University is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, served by the 1 train at all times. It is located at the intersection of Broadway and 116th Street, just outside the west gate to the main campus of Columbia University and the southeast corner of the Barnard College campus.

Claremont Avenue

Place
Claremont Avenue is a short avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City. It begins at 116th Street and runs north for a length of eleven blocks until it ends at Tiemann Place (the western segment of 127th Street). South of 120th Street, the eastern side of Claremont Avenue features the heavily fortified backside of the Barnard College campus.

Ansche Chesed

Place
Ansche Chesed is a synagogue on the Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

Havemeyer Hall

Place
Havemeyer Hall is a historic academic building located in Columbia University in New York City.

Bampton Lectures (Columbia University)

Place
The Bampton Lectures at Columbia University are a recurring series of lectures that were established by a bequest of Ada Byron Bampton Tremaine.

Pupin Hall

Place
Pupin Physics Laboratories , also known as Pupin Hall, is home to the physics and astronomy departments of Columbia University in New York City and a National Historic Landmark. It was built in 1925-1927 to provide more space for the Physics Department which had originally been housed in Fayerweather Hall, and named for Serbian physicist Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, who graduated with honors in 1883 at Columbia College, after his death in 1935.

Straus Park

Place
Straus Park is a small landscaped park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue, and 106th Street.The most notable feature is a bronze 1913 statue by American artist Augustus Lukeman of a nymph gazing over a calm expanse of water in memory of Ida and Isidor Straus, husband and wife, he a United States congressman and co-owner of Macy's, who died together on RMS Titanic.

Columbia University Medical Center

Place
Columbia University Herbert and Florence Irving Medical Center (CUMC) is an academic medical center and the largest campus of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. It includes Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health, as well as the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the Audubon Biomedical Research Park, and numerous other institutions.

The Great God Pan (sculpture)

Place
The Great God Pan is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Pan by American artist George Grey Barnard currently installed on the grounds of Columbia University.The work was originally commissioned by one of Barnard's most important patrons, Alfred Corning Clark, for the interior courtyard of The Dakota, an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Route Details

Length

4.4 mi

Elev. Gain

223 ft

Est. Steps

10000
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