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Highbridge Park: Tulips
From a bit of an excursion over Easter weekend. I (foolishly) didn't realize how close this park is to me! Most of it was closed but I saw some really nice flowers, including these tulips, and I'm excited to go back when it opens again. I also had a good time wandering around and getting turned around and lost in New York--it's been a while since I was able to do that. So I had a good time even though this wasn't the most successful outing of my life.
2017
Highbridge Park
Photo by Giselle Munoz
Exploring NYC: Amsterdam Avenue and Highbridge Park, Washington Heights
Exploring NYC: an early morning walk on quiet streets in Washington Heights (in and around the northern end of Highbridge Park)
Giraffe Path
We’ve been in this city for over 7 years now and we feel like entrenched New Yorkers. The good thing is we know some neighborhoods very well. We can tell you where to get the best bagels, pizzas, momos or xiao long bao. We know where the best cheap and free things are. We can negotiate the subway system even on the weekend when everything goes to hell. Unfortunately the bad thing is that we may gotten a bit jaded about living here, a little complacent about being in this place. When I came across this gem in the New York Times, (About 5 hikes you could do in New York City) it inspired me to put on my explorers boots again and to venture into places I knew existed, but not had the time or inclination to look into.
The Giraffe path, so named for its shape, especially the elongated neck, meanders from the northern end of Central park and stretches 6 miles all the way to The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park just below Inwood. The path covers various terrains, from flat to hilly, stairs, sidewalks and gravel. The path links 7 northern Manhattan parks and requires walking between 1 and 5 city blocks between the parks.
The parks you will encounter after leaving Central park are
Morningside Park
St.Nicholas Park
A lunch stop at Famous Fish market
Jackie Robinson Park
Highbridge Park (with the walkway into the Bronx)
and Fort Tryon park
Which leads to
The Cloisters
Heres a link to the hike
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxoaWtldGhlaGVpZ2h0c3xneDo1YmQzNDQzNmYzN2ViNTUy
Highbridge Park, October 2015
