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Walks in Upper East Side.
One editor-picked walk through Upper East Side, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Walks in Upper East Side
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Other walks close to Upper East Side.
Sorted by distance from the start of museum mile: the met and the fifth avenue museums. Good for stitching together a longer day.

parklandleafy4 km · 80 min · Moderate· Claude-drafted
Central Park: the southern loop
The Mall, Bethesda, the Lake, the Ramble — the half of the park everyone means when they say the park.
heritageleafy3.5 km · 80 min · Moderate· Claude-drafted
The Upper West Side: brownstones, the Hudson, and the blue whale
Lincoln Center, the Dakota, Zabar's, the Hudson, and the whale hanging over the Museum of Natural History.
food-forwardwaterfront3 km · 75 min · Moderate· Claude-drafted
Hell's Kitchen: Ninth Avenue and the Hudson
A dozen countries on one avenue, the Theatre District back doors, an aircraft carrier, and the river.

architectureliterary3 km · 75 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Morningside Heights: the academy on the hill
Columbia's quad, the largest Gothic cathedral on earth, Grant's Tomb, and the pastry shop where the dissertations get written.
