We walk around the shoreline of Manhattan – up the west side and down the east side, staying as close to the waterfront as possible.

The west side route is easy to follow, but you’ll be walking through city streets on the second half. Although we will have some volunteers helping you find your way, for the most part you will be navigating yourself. You can pick up a paper map on the day of the event, but we strongly recommend you learn to use our interactive digital map with the GPS location marker.

Here is how to use the map:

• On your mobile phone, navigate to map.Shorewalkers.org in your browser.
• The map will show your location while you walk (as a blinking blue dot) if you enable location services for the browser you’re using on your mobile phone and give permission for the page to access your location.
• Watch a video tutuorial here.
• We suggest bringing a portable battery pack to charge your mobile device during the walk.