Natural features

Central Park, New York

United States of America New York Manhattan

Central Park, New York
Photo: Anthony Quintano from Hillsborough, NJ, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A park of 341 hectares in the middle of Manhattan, designed in the 1850s, with lakes, meadows, woodland and landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, Bow Bridge, Strawberry Fields and the Conservatory Garden. Hire a rowing boat at the Loeb Boathouse or a bike.


The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on its eastern edge and the American Museum of Natural History on its west. In winter, skate at the Wollman Rink.

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