Fort Tryon Park and The Cloisters
Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🥾 Hike · Manhattan
2.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 35 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway A to 190 St; take the elevator out of the station and you are in the park
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A hilltop park at the northern tip of Manhattan: the Heather Garden has flowers in every season, stone paths look out over the Hudson and the Palisades cliffs across the river, and The Cloisters on the summit is the Met's medieval branch, with the unicorn tapestries and quiet cloister gardens.
What this place offers
Featured in these guides
This weekend's weather in Manhattan
Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)
Location
Manhattan, New York
More like this
Central Park: the Ramble, Belvedere Castle and Turtle Pond
5.0Manhattan · 15 min away
2.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Getting there: Subway B/C to 81 St or 1 to 79 St, then a 10-minute walk; don't drive
Central Park: Conservatory Water model boats and the Alice statue
5.0Manhattan · 15 min away
1.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Getting there: Subway 6 to 77 St, enter at Fifth Ave and 72 St, then a 5-minute walk
Prospect Park: Long Meadow and the Audubon Center
5.0Brooklyn · 35 min away
2.5 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Getting there: Subway 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza or B/Q to Prospect Park, then a 5-minute walk
Brooklyn Bridge Park piers
5.0Brooklyn · 25 min away
3 h · stroller-friendly
Free · Getting there: Subway A/C to High St or F to York St, then an 8-minute walk; NYC Ferry to DUMBO