Path down from the Great Hill to the Pool (pond) & the Glen Span Arch
Approach to the Pool (pond)
The Glen Span Arch
The Loch Walkway
Ducks in the Pool (pond)
The Pool (pond)
CP Tennis Courts
Museum of Natural History
Theodore Roosevelt Statue in front of museum
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NY-CPk Walk By Meadows, Pond, Tennis Cts To AMNH

New York City, New York, USA

NY-CPk Walk By Meadows, Pond, Tennis Cts To AMNH

Length2.4 mi
Elev. Gain200.1 ft
Est. Steps5500

Park

Restrooms

Public transport

Drinking water

Playground

Places to sit

Dog friendly

Scenic view

Historic site

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Introduction
NY-CPk Walk By Meadows, Pond, Tennis Cts To AMNH is a 2.4 mile (5,500-step) route located near New York City, New York, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 200.1 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
This is a nice leisurely walk after a brief vigorous start at the Upper Western section of Central Park. We enter the park at W. 106th St. & Central Park West with an 80 stairs climb up to the Great Hill & Meadow, then literally it’s all down hill from there. We walk down to the Glen Span Arch and Springs & The Pool Pond. Sit relax, ponder, enjoy the scenery and all the people around. Then web continue walking past the North Meadow Sports Fields and the CP Tennis Courts. We stroll along the CP Reservoir, and the Great Meadow. All along the way there are lots of grass and benches to rest on. We exit the park on West 81st St. diagonally across the Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium. If you want to walk more spend time in the famous, (huge / 1/2 square mile) American Museum of Natural History or travel through space at the Hayden Planetarium on the 81st St. side of the museum. You are right net to a Subway station, bus stops and lots of taxis nearby to take you to your next destination.

Belvedere Castle

Place
Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms and an observation deck, and since 1919, also houses the official Central Park weather station.Belvedere Castle was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1867–1869. An architectural hybrid of Gothic and Romanesque styles, Vaux's design called for a Manhattan schist and granite structure with a corner tower with conical cap, with the existing lookout over parapet walls between them.

81st Street–Museum of Natural History station

Place
81st Street–Museum of Natural History is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Place
86th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Central Park West and 86th Street on the Upper West Side, it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

103rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Place
103rd Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 103rd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt (New York City)

Place
Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt is a 1939 bronze sculpture by James Earle Fraser. It is located at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. The equestrian statue depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback. Standing to either side of him are an American Indian and an African.

North Woods and North Meadow

Place
North Woods and North Meadow are two interconnected features in the northern section of Central Park, New York City, close to the neighborhood of Harlem in Manhattan. The 90-acre (36 ha) North Woods, in the northwestern corner of the park, is a rugged woodland that contains a forest called the Ravine, as well as two water features called the Loch and the Pool.

Fort Fish

Place
Fort Fish was an earthworks fortification in northern Manhattan in New York City, built in 1814. Its site is now in Central Park on East Drive near 105th Street, directly across from the Central Park Conservancy's composting area, which was once a girls' school. Currently the only memorial on the Fort Fish site is a white marble bench dedicated to the memory of Andrew Haswell Green, the 19th century educator and city planner.

The Beresford

Place
The Beresford, at 211 Central Park West, between 81st and 82nd Streets, is a luxury, 23-floor "pre-war" apartment building in New York City.

New York Cancer Hospital

Place
The New York Cancer Hospital (NYCH) in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City was a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884. The building was located at 455 Central Park West between West 105th and 106th Streets, and built between 1884 and 1886 with additions made between 1889 and 1890; it was designed by Charles Coolidge Haight in the Late Gothic and French Chateau styles – inspired by the chateaux of the Loire Valley.

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

Place
The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre was imported to the U.S. in 1876 as Sweden’s exhibit for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The Swedish architecture and craftsmanship of the structure, suggestive of a model schoolhouse, caught the eye of Frederick Law Olmsted, who brought it to Central Park in 1877.
Route Details

Length

2.4 mi

Elev. Gain

200.1 ft

Est. Steps

5500
Created by
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