Running in Central Park
With the variety of terrain combined with the gorgeous scenery of the surrounding landscape. Central Park is a runner's paradise. The site of the New York Marathon's final 3.2 miles, the park offers many scenic distractions while providing a challenge to all levels of runners.
Park Drives Circling the entire Park, the drives provide three long distance routes - 6.1 miles, 5.2 miles, or 1.7 miles, or shorter distances if you cross the Park at a number of scenic locations.
The Reservoir track is 1.58 miles around and offers some of the best skyline views in the Park and many scenic opportunities. In spring, cherry trees alongside the track are in bloom, and in summer, the evaporating water cools the surrounding air.
There are three conjoined soft surface bridle paths to choose from. The Reservoir loop, adjacent to the Reservoir, totals 1.5 miles, the North Meadow loop totals 1.1 miles, and the southern spur totals 1.5 miles.
The Park is closed to traffic Monday through Friday, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, and from 7:00 pm -10:00 pm, and weekends from 7:00 pm Friday - 6:00 am Monday. When the Park is open to traffic, a runners' lane is always available, It is NOT recommend using the Park drives when they are open to traffic. Runners can run at any time, but the Park is officially closed from 1:00 am - 6:00 am.
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Central Park Path Distances
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1.4 miles (1 mile, 716 yards) |
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.308 miles (542 yards) |
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1.76 miles (1 mile, 1337 yards) |
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1.15 miles (1 mile, 264 yards) |
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.266 miles (468 yards) |
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1.7 miles (1 mile, 1246 yards) |
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1.57 miles (1 mile, 1003 yards) |
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.559 miles (978 yards) |
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Central Park Loop Distances |
D + E: 1.41 miles |
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F + B + C + E: 4.03 miles |
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A + B: 1.7 miles |
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D + F +A + C: 6.01 miles |
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Central Park Running Links
New York Road Runners is dedicated to promoting the sport of distance running, enhancing health and fitness for all, and responding to community needs. Our road races and other fitness programs draw upwards of 300,000 runners annually, and together with our magazine and website support and promote professional and recreational running.
www.nyrr.org
Using cutting edge technology provided by Google Maps, USATF has developed a revolutionary service, America's Running Routes, that allows runners to map and measure their favorite running routes and then save them to the largest searchable database of running routes in the country.
www.usatf.org
The Central Park Track Club is open to all competitive runners, of varying abilities, from all backgrounds. The mission of the Central Park Track Club is to encourage competition in running and track and field events nationwide and to help all members achieve their running potential in a supportive team atmosphere.
www.centralparktc.org
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