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Central park
New York City, New York, USA

Central park

Length6.1 mi
Elev. Gain259.1 ft
Est. Steps14000
Created by Andres Felipe Viasus

Central park Introduction

Central park is a 6.1 mile (14,000-step) route located near New York City, New York, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 259.1 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Central park

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Historical
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum located in the Upper East Side's Museum Mile in Manhattan, New York City. It is one of nineteen museums that fall under the wing of the Smithsonian Institution and is one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, the other two being the George Gustav Heye Center in Bowling Green and the Archives of American Art New York Research Center in the Flatiron District.

King Jagiello Monument

Tourist Attraction
The King Jagiełło Monument is an equestrian monument of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, located in Central Park, New York City. The monument commemorates the Battle of Grunwald, a decisive defeat of the Teutonic Order in 1410. Originally made for the Polish 1939 New York World's Fair pavilion, the monument was permanently installed in Central Park in 1945.

William Shakespeare (Ward)

Tourist Attraction
William Shakespeare is an outdoor bronze sculpture of William Shakespeare by John Quincy Adams Ward, located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was created in 1870 and unveiled in Central Park in 1872. Four thousand dollars towards the funding of the statue was raised at a benefit performance of Julius Caesar performed by the sons of Junius Brutus Booth (Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth) at the Winter Garden Theater.

Giuseppe Mazzini (sculpture)

Tourist Attraction
Giuseppe Mazzini is an outdoor bronze bust of Giuseppe Mazzini by Giovanni Turini, overlooking Sheep Meadow in Central Park in Manhattan, New York. The sculpture was commissioned by a group of Italian-Americans and was dedicated in 1878 with a speech by American Poet William Cullen Bryant. It sits on a granite pedestal, which includes two inscriptions that translate to "thought and action" and "God and the people".

Daniel Webster (Ball)

Tourist Attraction
Daniel Webster is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Daniel Webster by artist Thomas Ball, located at Central Park in Manhattan, New York. The "larger-than-life-size" statue was commissioned in the 1870s, to be installed along Central Park's Mall. It was instead installed along the West Drive at 72nd Street due to size restrictions.

Christopher Columbus (Suñol)

Tourist Attraction
Christopher Columbus is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus by Jeronimo Suñol, located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York. The statue was created in 1892 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It was unveiled in Central Park on May 12, 1894. In August 2017, the statue was vandalized with red paint and graffiti reading "Hate will not be tolerated" and '#somethingscoming".

Andrew Carnegie Mansion

Place
The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is a historic house located at 2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Andrew Carnegie moved into his newly completed mansion in late 1902 and lived there until his death in 1919; his wife, Louise, continued to live there until her death in 1946.

Cleopatra's Needle (New York City)

Place
Cleopatra's Needle in New York City is one of three similar named Egyptian obelisks. It was erected in Central Park, west of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, on 22 January 1881. It was secured in May 1877 by judge Elbert E. Farman, the United States Consul General at Cairo, as a gift from the Khedive for the United States remaining a friendly neutral as the European powers – France and Britain – maneuvered to secure political control of the Egyptian government.

National Academy of Design

Place
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition."

Lasker Rink

Place
Lasker Rink is a seasonal ice skating rink and swimming pool located at North Meadow in the northern part of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, between 106th and 108th Streets. It is just south of the Farmers Gate entrance on 110th Street and Lenox Avenue, and is located between Harlem Meer and the East Drive.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

6.1 mi

Elev. Gain

259.1 ft

Est. Steps

14000
Created by
Andres Felipe Viasus
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