Central Park — Southern Highlights · 29 stops
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Central Park — Southern Highlights
Central Park, New York
29 stops · ~35 min
About 1.5 h walk · 29 stories · Free
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Turn on location to get a chime and a one-tap Listen button as you reach each stop — no need to watch the map.
Start: Grand Army Plaza (Pulitzer Fountain)
Directions
The walk is designed 1→29 from the Pulitzer Fountain; the introduction plays when you press Start Tour. Please use headphones and keep audio private. Parts of Central Park are designated Quiet Zones.
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Before you start
- Put your headphones in.
- Start anywhere in the park. For the full route, begin at Grand Army Plaza (Pulitzer Fountain). Directions
- Press Start, then just walk. Each story plays when you reach it.
A 29-stop, GPS-triggered audio walk through the southern third of Central Park — Grand Army Plaza to the Dakota, about 35 minutes of narration.
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Stops
1
Tour Introduction
Plays when you start the tour
2
The Pulitzer Fountain
3
Grand Army Plaza — The Sherman Monument
4
The Pond & Gapstow Bridge
5
Wollman Rink
6
The Arsenal
7
The Zoo & the Delacorte Clock
8
Balto
9
The Indian Hunter
10
The Dairy
11
Chess & Checkers House
12
The Carousel
13
The Transverse Roads
14
Sheep Meadow
15
The Mall & Literary Walk
16
The Naumburg Bandshell
17
Bethesda Terrace & Arcade
18
The Terrace View
19
Bethesda Fountain — Angel of the Waters
20
Navigation — Fountain to Boathouse
Plays right after the previous stop
21
The Lake & Loeb Boathouse
22
Central Park on Screen
23
Bow Bridge
24
The Ramble
Plays right after the previous stop
25
Hernshead & the Ladies Pavilion
26
Cherry Hill
27
Strawberry Fields & the Imagine Mosaic
28
The Dakota
29
Tour Close
Plays right after the previous stop
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Approximate stop locations — actual trail may vary. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
How this tour works
Autoplay works while this page is open. Bring a charger — GPS and audio use battery over a long tour.
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We only use your location to play each story at the right spot. It never leaves your phone.
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