What we’re about
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.
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.
To send a message to the Shorewalkers organization, use the link Contact Us - Shorewalkers or email Support@Shorewalkers.org.
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Some of our walks allow for members to bring a guest. Guests must sign our Waiver and Release (http://bit.ly/4hI8VB5) to participate.
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RAIN DATE Reverse Quarter-Saunter Countdown 2️⃣ Inwood to 96th/Riverside
Isham Street, Isham St, New York, NY, USRESCHEDULED! Another Monday, and hopefully less rain and wind! We try again to walk the 8 miles from Inwood Hill Park to West 96th Street of the iconic Great Saunter route. This is the second quarter of the [May] Great Saunter course, except we're walking in reverse, i.e., counter-clockwise.
TWO/October 13 (NOW OCT 20): If you walked on October 6 and 10, you've completed one-half of 32-mile Great Saunter Route, half-way to the Fall Challenge goal. Today we add 8 more miles (moderate pace), from Inwood to 96th & Riverside.
Meeting Place/Time: Meet Monday, October 13 at 9:30 a.m., on the corner of Isham Street and Broadway. Take the A train to 207th Street, Isham Street (northernmost) exit of the station. The No. 1 (207th Street) is nearby on Tenth Avenue. We'll use the restrooms in Inwood Hill Park two blocks into our walk. No lunch but we'll have a brief snack stop by the Little Red Lighthouse, roughly midway. We'll finish at 96th & Riverside.
Bring: Water, snacks, hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. We will walk rain or shine.
Return: Catch the 1/2/3 at 96th/Broadway or the B/C at 96th/Central Park West. Drop-out points along the way.
Come join us for all or any of the 8-mile Reverse-Saunter Quarters! As we count down...
- FOUR! October 6. Fraunces Tavern to Carl Schurz Park. Register here.
- THREE! October 10. Carl Schurz Park to 207th Street in Inwood. Register here.
- TWO! October 13 (NOW OCT 20). Inwood Hill Park to West 96th/Riverside. Register on this page.
- ONE! October 17, Complete the loop, starting at West 96th/Riverside and finishing where it all began, at Fraunces Tavern. Register here. [Celebratory beverages at Fraunces to follow!]
Contact (day of walk only):
Christine Summerson 646-491-0764
Carole Blane 917-407-1166 (Oct 6 and 13)Take the Great Saunter Fall Challenge. Register here to walk 32 miles in 16 days starting October 4. Registration is only $10, and Shorewalkers will donate all fees to the Carl Schurz Park Conservancy, the dedicated caretakers of the park’s beautiful gardens and lawns. This walk will count for 8 miles of your total. You do not have to participate in the Fall Challenge to join the walk -- all members are welcome.
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Scenic Sleepy Hollow (~ 5 miles)
Location not specified yetLet’s take an autumn walk in Sleepy Hollow!
For the first half of the route, we’ll walk through a beautiful residential area. During the second half, we will walk along the Hudson River. We'lll stop occasionally to talk about some sites, but commentary will be lite and brief.
Distance: About 5 miles
Pace: MODERATE. This is an easy walk, not a rugged or fast-paced hike.
Terrain: Sidewalks, occasional sections along quiet roads without sidewalk. We will not be on the OCA trail. Mostly flat with an occasional hill, stairs.Walk is for Shorewalkers members on the Going list only. Group size is set by the walk leader.
START: Catch the 10:14am Metro-North Hudson line train from Grand Central. Get off the train at PHILIPSE MANOR STATION, a 55-minute ride. Walk leader, in an orange shirt, will be near the clock/information booth in the center of the main Grand Central room *until the track is announced.* Then the leader will go to the platform and board the train. If you don’t see the group at Grand Central before you board, or if you use a different station, meet the group at Philipse Manor station platform at 11:09am
Trains to Philipse Manor run once an hour and we cannot wait for latecomers.
END: About 3pm’ish at Tarrytown station + train ride back to city = about 4pm at Grand Central. Trains run from Tarrytown to Grand Central three times an hour & we will catch the next departing train when we arrive at the station. END TIME IS APPROXIMATE. The walk might end a bit earlier or later, and a train might arrive right away or we might have to wait for one. If you need a precise ending time, please skip this walk.
Train tickets: Purchase before boarding the train. You will need one ticket TO Philipse Manor and another ticket FROM Tarrytown. Buy tickets through the app or at a ticket machine at Grand Central (info: https://new.mta.info/fares/buy-railroad-tickets).
Bathrooms: at 1-mile mark and 3-mile mark (snack break spot).
Bring: We will take a short break for snack/lunch. Please come prepared with your own food/water; we will not be stopping to make purchases.
Contact: To reach walk leader before the walk: 917-847-1536 (text only, no calls please).
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"If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quiety away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley."
~ Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow20 attendees
Past events
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