Best Places To Run In NY

I've never been a city runner, as I believe it isn't natural to have to dodge delivery men and strollers while trying to maintain pace...but there are a few secret places I think I'll check out that provide the scenery a suburb girl such as myself needs.

1. Central Park (big loop)
Distance: 6.1 miles
Terrain: Hilly in spots. Beware the northern Great Hill
Location: 59th Street to 110th Street between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West

2. The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
Distance: 1.58-mile loop
Terrain: Flat and soft track
Location: Central Park between 85th Street and 96th Street

3. Riverside Park
Distance: Approximately 2.2 miles each way
Terrain: Flat with a few small hills
Location: On the Hudson River on Manhattan?s Upper West Side, between 72nd Street and 116th Street

4. East River Walk, Carl Shurz Park, Bobby Wagner Walk
Distance: Approximately 3.3 miles each way
Terrain: Flat except for a 20-foot staircase at 81st Street
Location: On the East River on Manhattan?s Upper East Side, between 60th Street and 123rd Street

5. Roosevelt Island
Distance: Approximately 3.5-mile loop
Terrain: Flat
Location: An island in the East River between Manhattan and Queens; tram to get over.

6. Brooklyn Bridge
Distance: Approximately one mile
Terrain: Slow gradual incline and decline
Location: From City Hall Park in Manhattan to Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn Heights

7. Prospect Park (loop)
Distance: 3.35 miles
Terrain: Flat with a few gently rolling hills
Location: Brooklyn between Park Slope and Flatbush

8. Madison Square Park
Distance: Approximately half-mile loop
Terrain: Flat
Location: Broadway to Madison Ave, East 23rd Street to East 26th Street

9. Battery Park, Hudson River Park
Distance: Approximately six miles each way
Terrain: Flat
Location: Lower west side of Manhattan from Battery Park to approximately 56th Street

10. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Distance: Approximately a half-mile each way
Terrain: Flat
Location: Brooklyn Heights between Remsen Street and Middaugh Street

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