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The Shorewalkers:Members Only Group is open to active members of Shorewalkers. Our volunteer hike leaders lead over 250 walks a year, on weekends and throughout the week. To become a member, visit our website Membership Levels - Shorewalkers.
Some of our walks allow for members to bring a guest. Guests must sign our Waiver and Release (https://tinyurl.com/28cez6j8) to participate.
Who We Are:
Shorewalkers is a non-profit environmental hiking organization founded in 1982. Our mission is to promote and preserve New York City’s waterfront and raise awareness of its shorelines by leading invigorating hikes throughout the metropolitan area. Our signature event, The Great Saunter, is a 32-mile trek along Manhattan's shoreline, held annually on the first Saturday of May. Additionally, we host the Great Saunter Fall Challenge, a virtual event in early October.
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Come join us for a walk and experience NYC at 3 mph!
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Hike to Drums Along the Hudson® 🌲 Inwood Hill Park
Dyckman Street & Broadway, New York, NY, USLet's hike the trails of Inwood Hill Park, approx. 4 miles, en route to the 24th Annual Drums Along the Hudson® Native American Festival and Multicultural Celebration.
Meet: Sunday, June 7, 9:30 a.m., A train/Dyckman Street.
Anne Loftus Playground south of the triangle at Dyckman and Broadway. Walk through the gates and find us near the restrooms. The No. 1 (Dyckman Street stop) is three blocks east of our meeting place.Course: From Broadway (originally the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail), we'll head into Inwood Hill Park, where we’ll spend our time hiking many of its trails. This very scenic hike will also cover some sparsely used older trails. Terrain ranges from paved walks to unpaved forest trails, with hills (some steep), and steps. Hiking poles could be helpful but are optional. Pace is moderate.
The walk will end as the Drums Along the Hudson® festival gets underway at 218th Street and Indian Road from 11-6, rain or shine, where you can enjoy:
- Drummers and dancers from around the world
- Pine tree planting ceremony
- Native arts and crafts (vendors)
- International cuisines
- Storytelling and children's activities
- Environmental tent
Restrooms: Please use the restrooms in Anne Loftus Playground before we start the hike. Other restrooms at the Inwood Tennis Courts and Inwood Nature Center.
Bring: Water, hat, sunblock, snacks. No break, but the hike ends as lunchtime approaches. BYO lunch or purchase at the event,
Return: A train Inwood-207th Street station; entrance at Broadway/Isham. Or, the No. 1 on Tenth Ave at 215th Street and 207th Street.
[In the event of rain, Drums Along the Hudson® goes on as scheduled, but perhaps without us; we'll decide.]
Contact (day of walk only): Christine Summerson 646 491-0764 or Steve Galla 914-953-2222. (Text preferred, but please ID yourself if texting.)
You may bring a guest but you must have them sign Shorewalkers' Waiver and Release via this link.
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🌳 15-Mile Walk: Kew Gardens → Jackson Heights 🌎
Newcombe Square (by Duane Reade & Bally Total Fitness), 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd, Kew Gardens, NY, US🌳 15-Mile Walk: Kew Gardens → Jackson Heights 🌎
📍 Date & Time
· Meet: 9:30 AM
Newcombe Square
80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Queens
· Nearest Subway:
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike Station
Use the Queens Blvd & Union Tpke SE Corner exit
· Walk starts promptly: 9:45 AM
Please arrive on time.***
🚶 The Walk
We’ll maintain a moderate, steady pace over approximately 15 miles.Route Highlights
· Forest Park
· Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
· Flushing Bay (near LaGuardia Airport)
· Finish at 34th Avenue Open Streets in Jackson HeightsAt the end of the walk, participants can enjoy the neighborhood’s outstanding restaurants and food vendors.
Special thanks to the 34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition for helping create one of NYC’s most peaceful and welcoming public spaces. The area also features the Jackson Heights Greenmarket.
Jackson Heights is widely regarded as one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in the world, with approximately 180,000 residents speaking more than 160 languages within a compact half-square-mile area.***
🥤 Good to Know
· Bring:
o Water
o Lunch
o Snacks
· Wear comfortable shoes suitable for:
o Park trails
o Long-distance city walking🍽 Lunch Stop
· David Dinkins Circle⚠️ Important
There are limited drop-out points, so please join only if you’re comfortable walking the full 15 miles.***
🚇 Ending Point
The walk concludes at:
· 34th Ave & 74th Street
· Near Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74 Street Station***
Hike Leaders:
Please do not post questions/comments prior to the walk.Ivan (text with your name: 917-446-0013)
Sigrid (text with your name: 404-991-8229)
Tiffany (text with your name: 718-300-1655)25 Teilnehmer
🌹 Wake Up and Smell the Roses ⏰ Hudson River Park Piers 🌹 8 miles
Chambers Street & West Broadway, New York, NY, USIn early June, when the air is still, all of Hudson River Park can smell of roses. This walk is the reverse of Take a Long Walk off a Short Pier, with a few adjustments because flowers.
We'll start at Chambers Street and visit 18 of the Hudson River Park's public piers to enjoy the plants and birds, lawns and gardens, beach and salt marsh, and gorgeous views.
Meeting time/place: 9:45 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2026 9:45 at West Broadway and Chambers Street (Bogardus Plaza) under the clock. Chambers Street 1/2/3 is adjacent [Note: There's a newly discovered restroom in the station]. One block away there's the A/C/E (northernmost exit); R/W and 1/2/3 City Hall stations are three and four blocks respectively. There’s a Starbucks and Zucker’s Bagels at our meeting place.
Course: We'll enter the park at Chambers Street via the bridge at Stuyvesant High School (if elevator available). Our first restroom stop is one block north. In Tribeca we'll visit Piers 25, 26, and 34. In Greenwich Village we'll walk Piers 45, 46, and 51, Gansevoort Peninsula, and view the late-spring plantings at Little Island.
After our lunch break at Pier 57, it's on to Chelsea Piers 59, 60, and 61; Pier 62 (Chelsea Entry Garden); Pier 63 (Chelsea Lawn Bowl); Pier 64 (Stonefield landscape sculpture and native garden); Pier 66, Chelsea Habitat, an ecological planting zone and certified Monarch Waystation; and Midtown Piers 76, 84, and 86 (Intrepid), where we'll get free pier-only passes, and where the walk will end.
Return/Early Exit: Many exit points along 12th Avenue, including crosstown bus stops at 23rd Street (M23) and 43rd Street (M42 and M50), connecting to all subways, plus No. 7 at Hudson Yards.
Rain cancels
Bring: Water, sunscreen, hat, lunch/snacks. You can also buy food/bev at the Market 57 food hall at Pier 57, our lunch stop.
Restrooms: The first restroom stop will be 20 minutes into the walk, and restrooms are plentiful in Hudson River Park.
Guests: You may bring a guest but you must have them sign the Shorewalkers Waiver and Release at this link**.
Hike leaders: Christine 646-491-0764, Gina 347-842-5452, and Maureen, 718-954-1581 (day of walk only)
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