I enjoy hiking in National Parks and I love visiting in New York City. By spending time in Central Park I get the best of both. Since being cleaned-up and made safe, it’s a green gem in the heart of the world’s greatest city.
North to south, the park runs for over 50 blocks and it’s about a quarter the width of Manhattan. It’s huge: 843 acres accounting or 6% of Manhattan’s surface area. In its boundaries you can find many, many places of interest: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir, Central Park Zoo, the Harlem Meer, and on and on. As if this weren’t enough, it’s also the venue for a large number of events due to it being at the center of such a large city. It quite literally is a breath of fresh air in this densely occupied island.
One week I may conduct a serious photo expedition in the park. My visit this time was brief and my reason for being in the City was unrelated to Central Park. The prior day I had swum the East River under the Brooklyn Bridge. To spend a few hours exploring the northern half of the park, I stayed in the City overnight. The little memories I collected are available for you to view.
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