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The High Line – The High Line loop from Rector Street

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The High Line – The High Line loop from Rector Street

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7,332

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The High Line – The High Line loop from Rector Street

03:06

12.2km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.21 km

Battery Park City Greenway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

One lane for cyclists and skaters, another for pedestrians. Convenient and much more pleasant to walk than inner city avenues.

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1.46 km

Nelson A. Rockefeller Park

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Also recommended is the Irish Hunger Monument at the southern end of the park. On the other side of the river an interesting structure is created (see photo)

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4.55 km

Little Island

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Of course, Little Island looks very special from a distance. When you visit it is mostly “just” a park, but a very beautiful one! When you walk here you will …

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4.92 km

West 15th Street Skybridge

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This skybridge connects the former Nabisco factory, where the Oreo cookie was invented, to Nabisco's former offices across the street.

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5.04 km

The High Line

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A beautiful walkway park on the old upper Westside railway line closed in the 1980s and upgraded to the park in 2009-2016. There is plenty of seating and all kinds …

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5.29 km

The High Line - view of The Edge

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The Highline offers the opportunity to discover the city from the top floor. A wonderful, amazingly green area from which you can discover exciting architecture. There is now something similar in Paris.

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5.67 km

The High Line

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In between, make an excursion to Chelsea Market.

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9.91 km

Viewpoint

11.7 km

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

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September 11, 2001 was a beautiful late summer day in New York – until at 08:46 a plane flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center.

At first …

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12.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

467 m

400 m

304 m

122 m

Surfaces

10.00 km

863 m

692 m

596 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Wednesday 2 September

24°C

20°C

32 %

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Comments

May 20, 2022,🇺🇸 NY - The High Line Park - One World Trade Center

Manhattan's High Line Park is always worth a stroll from 34th Street in the north to Gansevoort Street in the south, not far from the Hudson River. Word has now got around and the rush around lunchtime is accordingly. At Little Island, a new artificial island with hilly parkland, we leave the High Line and have to realize that numerous …

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July 9, 2026,NY - Abendspaziergang am Pier & über die High Line

It drizzled all afternoon 🌧🌧🌧. When it stopped in the evening, I hurried off to get to Pier 40. I had booked a sunset boat trip around Miss Liberty. It was cancelled due to the weather. However, I only found out about this at the departure point.
Just great... But what can you do?... The situation was just like that. …

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March 28, 2025,The High Line und Schlendrian in NYC 🗽🇺🇸

The on-call fairy rang and suddenly I found myself in NYC. After breakfast with a former colleague who also happened to be in town, I headed off to the High Line - a park 9 meters above the ground, built on a former railway line 🚆. I've wanted to visit it for a long time. I actually wanted to walk …

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The High Line – The High Line loop from Rector Street

Battery Park City Greenway

Nelson A. Rockefeller Park

Little Island

West 15th Street Skybridge

The High Line

The High Line - view of The Edge

The High Line

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

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