You have walked the Great Saunter, the 32-33 mile perimeter of Manhattan seeing parts of NY rarely if ever seen by New Yorkers and then returned to visit its major waterside sites such as the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, the High Line and Little Island. Now let's take ...
Four hundred twenty-five people took part in the Great Saunter Challenge 2022, including participants from 32 states, Canada and the United Kingdon. Twenty Shorewalkers hike leaders led 18 hikes in the 16-day challenge. Below are some of the images that were shared with Shorewalkers. Top row from left: Joseph ...
Stephan Nisbet, a retired journalist living in Edinburgh, Scotland, sent us his experience of attending the rainiest Great Saunter. Being from Scotland, this Saunter for him was just another walk in the rain. Justine Watel, cold, with muscles cramping, and now walking alone with about 4 miles left to reach ...
We want to thank the many people who published their videos taken on walks with Shorewalkers which we are re-posting. Have a video you would like to share? Email us at mail@shorewalkers.org, and include the link to your video. Great Saunter Great Saunter 2014 The Walks Kissina Park in Autumn ...
As the popularity of the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade has grown so have the conflicts between bikers and walkers. To resolve this conflict the city announced a plan to convert one lane of the Manhattan bound roadway into a protected bike line and the promenade as a dedicated walkway, as ...
Shorewalkers wishes to thank the many people who submitted their stories from our first Virtual Great Saunter. Austin, Texas was perhaps the most creative with a Virtual Great Saunter song. Evy Haroldson of Seattle, Texas created a detailed hiking plan and then had to wait for the air to ...
My New Zealand Saunter By Linda Manco Two years ago I set out to walk and explore every street and avenue of Manhattan, 818 km in all, starting with the 52 km perimeter walk (for me four days and 84 km because there was so much to explore!) in ...
Hike Report: City on the Edge of Forever To celebrate the 55th anniversary of New York City’s Landmark Preservation Law the 15 participants were brought into New York of the past in this 5-mile walk. We visited three types of sites: former communities, residences of the gilded age, and ...
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_SpwUs7b9U&t=9s One of the joys of walking or biking on this Island of Manhattan is coming across art in unexpected places. Just south of the George Washington Bridge, built in the river are stones stacked precariously on top of one another, each in the shape of a human ...
Under grey threatening clouds with the forecast to clear but winds picking up, 30 people from Shorewalkers, friends, and neighbors came out to say farewell to our friend Cy A Adler, Shorewalkers founder and president for 37 years. Descending from the Manhattan Streets at 155th Street participants–I will not say mourners ...
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