What exactly is there to do in Central Park?

Besides roller blade, jog, walk your dog?

What exactly is there to do in Central Park?

Click on the part that says ';Pick an Attraction'; or ';Pick a Sport';:

http://www.centralpark.com/

What exactly is there to do in Central Park?

See free concerts and shows (pop, rock, ethnic, Opera, Shakespeare) go to zoo, ride carousel, go to Museums (Met and Natural History),have a picnic, people watch, sail a sailboat (toysize remote), go to Conservatory Gardens, watch weddingsm, grab a pretzel/ice cream from vendors, see/be artists painting, see ';street'; (park) performers, eat (Tavern on the Green, Boathouse Cafe), hang out near lakes,fountains, bird watch, see bridges and other things designed by Fredrick Olmstead, ice skate (winter), take a walking tour, see marionette theatre

be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park

http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer

http://www.centralpark.com/

http://www.centralpark.com/events.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park

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great suggestions NYNM!

WOW!!! Holy Moly - I had NO idea. Thank you very much!

Not sure what%26#39;s at the end of all those links but rowing a boat in the lake or taking a gondola ride would be at the top of my list.

www.centralpark2000.com/database/rowing.html

thecentralparkboathouse.com/sections/gondola鈥?/a>

tourguidestan, a poster here, does pedicab rides through the park

http://www.oconnorgreentoursnyc.com/

My single favorite thing to do in central Park is to rent a row boat ..... it%26#39;s $10 dollars for a half hour ...... right by the Bethesda Fountain and the Boat House Cafe

thecentralparkboathouse.com/sections/boats.h鈥?/a>

Rowing is easy once you get the hang of it. You start out by the elegant looking boathouse with people %26#39;brunching%26#39;, then pass the Bethesda Fountain area (maybe some street musicians playing music in the background), then make a turn and pass under the %26#39;marble bridge%26#39; ..... then you turn into a huge expanse with marshes, turtles, ducks and an occasional egret. All the while you can just about see the roof tops of the tall buildings peaking out above the lake and every so often an Italian %26#39;gondola%26#39; will pass with a guy singing opera and dressed like he just came from Venice. If you go early in the day and during the week then it%26#39;s not crowded at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDIaZcMusw

This is incredible - I just thought it was a big park with not much to do once you get inside!

JJ - do yourself a favor - check the Central park website - eye-opening!!

By the way, I think I remember you saying that you%26#39;ll be here near the end of June. If that%26#39;s correct, you might be interested to see a free concert by the cast of the musical Hair, which happens on June 26th as part of the Good Morning America concert series in Central Park:

abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerConcert/story鈥?/a>

JJGeoria .... also realize that that %26#39;The Metropolitan Museum of Art%26#39; (suggested donation and great roof cafe with views of the park) ..... and the %26#39;Museum of Natural History and Planetarium%26#39; (w/butterfly enclosure) ..... are technically located IN Central Park.