I love cemeteries more than anything, and I visit the cemeteries in every city I go to, so that's my favorite kind of walk. Barring that, I love any walk up a hill. (That makes me so obnoxious, but it's sincere! I love walking uphill!)
Going from the Mission to Land’s End in SF is my favorite walk I’ve ever done (3 or 4 times so far). You see basically every different kind of neighborhood in the city and when you’re done you get to look at the ocean. A+.
I love long urban walks. Many years ago, one of my favorite days was walking from Battery Park to Central Park North, then back down to Gramercy Park with six friends. We managed to extend it to about twelve hours of walking and hanging out. This year for my 60th birthday in September, a bunch of us were going to walk Sunset Blvd end to end, ending at the beach, and then taking the train back downtown. I read an article about a guy who did this a few years ago and started planning right away. We'll likely delay a few months until everyone is comfortable traveling etc., but I can't wait! Fly to LA and join us!
1. Lilacia Park, Lombard, IL in late April and May. It's a small suburban park filed with lilacs and tulips. There's a festival every year. It smells amazing.
2. In college I spent a semester in New York and my housemates and I walked through the Bronx Botanical Garden and then fell asleep under some trees and woke up covered in flowers. It was magical.
I have a crazy rescue puppy so have to walk miles every day and my three favorite walks from where I live near Bayou St. John are: 1) to the French Quarter then back up Esplanade Avenue; 2) up through City Park with its lagoons, live oaks, and urban wildlife; 3) down Norman C. Francis, up Cleveland Street (the childhood home of congressman, UN ambassador, and ALT mayor Andrew Young), to the Cemeteries (where there is literally nothing but cemeteries).
I was a freshman college student at Michigan State University many years ago. I loved walking in late fall afternoons among the verdant paths and ivy covered buildings in the oldest parts of campus. Dappled sunlight fading into shadows. The occasional cacophony of geese flying south. A nearby carillon marking time.
I love the walk from my house down to the river Brahmaputra in Guwahati, Assam in the North Eastern corner of India. Its hilly, and the walk goes along the river to a forested area and ends at a lotus pond. During the winter this year there was a huge sand bar and you could walk into the heart of the might river - can hardly see the opposite bank. In the other sand bars you can see the fishermen with their flimsy boats where they work, live and eat. If you want a more strenuous walk you can walk up any of the hills with the winding roads and the pretty houses.
My last vacation before COVID hit was to Dublin, Ireland and my favorite walk of that trip was the Howth Cliff Walk one morning just after the sun came up.
Mt Tam, Marin County CA. Walking up the Steep Ravine Trail from Stinson Beach, across the ridge on the side of the mountain overlooking the Pacific, then back downhill on the Matt Davis trail for a beer and a bite at the Parkside Cafe. Exquisite. ... But really anywhere around Mt Tam is amazing.
I live in a small country village north of Montreal and started walking every road in our village a few months ago, marking off each one I complete on a map. I've lived here for close to 26 years and there are new places I'm seeing all the time, including heritage spots. There is no one favourite spot, it's all beautiful (except for the blackflies and mosquitoes).
I live in carroll gardens, so from CG: down to red hook, walk along the water to and through brooklyn bridge park waterfront, continuing through dumbo, across the brooklyn bridge (or manhattan br) and ideally ending for dumplings in chinatown or maybe someplace in the LES or beyond but definitely end with food + drink. Can also be done in the reverse so I end up at home. Back in the day there was also a massage incorporated in there at one of the chinatown reflexology spots but my go to has since closed, & remains to be replaced.
I live in Washington, DC and love to walk along the Glover Archbold Trail, the grounds of the National Cathedral, and down Embassy Row to Dupont Circle.
On Washington Valley Road in New Jersey there's a field that used to be an old house with barn and field dotted with bluebird houses. It has a small side path through a little forest. It even has a paved path connecting all the way back to where I live!
Through a Downeast blueberry barren with a distant, wide view of a Maine bay studded with islands. In the fall, the low, scrubby bushes are fiery red, and as you descend through them, you reach an area of wooded trails. I like to walk there, too — it's soft and mossy, green with ferns. It smells so good.
In Belgrade: I like to walk a few kilometers with the barest of inclines up the boulevard-as you go away from downtown, the sidewalks are wider and the likelihood that a car will park there (“it’ll only be a minute!”) goes down. At a certain point I will zigzag through cobblestone roads, between probably illegally-built homes, then eventually make my way through a lush forest where, at the end of the rainbow, I am greeted by wooden picnic tables and a hidden bar with some of the cheapest beer in town.
Living in CT, I’m blessed to have the beauty and wonder of amazing trails, mountains, and state parks to fulfill my yearnings. However, after walking throughout the hills and Munros of Scotland, I was spoiled! Can’t wait to go back again and experience more of that sublime country side!🏴
The walk from my place to my sister's place take me thru Prospect Park. There's one section, maybe 30 second long, thru a grove of very tall, fat trunked trees. They remind me of sentries 💗
We enjoy walking over 59th street Bridge (NYC) and stopping for pizza at Belluchi’s ( best pizza in NY- also subject of great documentary Untitled Pizza Movie)
In a town west of Philadelphia I like to walk to the place where I work as a volunteer at a vaccine clinic... the combination of good exercise and the uplifting experience of seeing people vaccinated and then walking home makes for a great afternoon
Long Island City is great -- subway station down to the water. Also in Queens, Alley Pond Park is lovely. And, for food, up Roosevelt Avenue for tacos and other delights.
I have a few. I love walking a new city when I am visiting, whether it's one close to me (like going out to Long Island or upstate NY) or one totally foreign. It's the best way to get a feel for the energy and get to know places I might want to check out. We walked a TON around Mexico City a few years ago and I loved that experience.
I also love a good meandering Manhattan walk - usually downtown, like Nolita or Tribeca or LES, or occasionally places I haven't spent much time in like the UWS. I live in Queens and frequently take walks around my neighborhood (considering I rarely leave it anymore) where I discover hidden little gems that are parks or really old houses or occasionally old mansions.
Without a doubt, my favorite place to walk is Storm King Art Center.
I get lost in the forest every time I try to walk on a path in Prospect Park and I have no idea how I would have survived the last year without that.
I love cemeteries more than anything, and I visit the cemeteries in every city I go to, so that's my favorite kind of walk. Barring that, I love any walk up a hill. (That makes me so obnoxious, but it's sincere! I love walking uphill!)
Going from the Mission to Land’s End in SF is my favorite walk I’ve ever done (3 or 4 times so far). You see basically every different kind of neighborhood in the city and when you’re done you get to look at the ocean. A+.
I love long urban walks. Many years ago, one of my favorite days was walking from Battery Park to Central Park North, then back down to Gramercy Park with six friends. We managed to extend it to about twelve hours of walking and hanging out. This year for my 60th birthday in September, a bunch of us were going to walk Sunset Blvd end to end, ending at the beach, and then taking the train back downtown. I read an article about a guy who did this a few years ago and started planning right away. We'll likely delay a few months until everyone is comfortable traveling etc., but I can't wait! Fly to LA and join us!
1. Lilacia Park, Lombard, IL in late April and May. It's a small suburban park filed with lilacs and tulips. There's a festival every year. It smells amazing.
2. In college I spent a semester in New York and my housemates and I walked through the Bronx Botanical Garden and then fell asleep under some trees and woke up covered in flowers. It was magical.
I have a crazy rescue puppy so have to walk miles every day and my three favorite walks from where I live near Bayou St. John are: 1) to the French Quarter then back up Esplanade Avenue; 2) up through City Park with its lagoons, live oaks, and urban wildlife; 3) down Norman C. Francis, up Cleveland Street (the childhood home of congressman, UN ambassador, and ALT mayor Andrew Young), to the Cemeteries (where there is literally nothing but cemeteries).
In NYC, I like to walk on the trails of Forest Park (Lenape land/Queens).
I walk to a bay trail by our house, just as the sun comes up and it's so peaceful to see light on calm waters
I was a freshman college student at Michigan State University many years ago. I loved walking in late fall afternoons among the verdant paths and ivy covered buildings in the oldest parts of campus. Dappled sunlight fading into shadows. The occasional cacophony of geese flying south. A nearby carillon marking time.
I love the walk from my house down to the river Brahmaputra in Guwahati, Assam in the North Eastern corner of India. Its hilly, and the walk goes along the river to a forested area and ends at a lotus pond. During the winter this year there was a huge sand bar and you could walk into the heart of the might river - can hardly see the opposite bank. In the other sand bars you can see the fishermen with their flimsy boats where they work, live and eat. If you want a more strenuous walk you can walk up any of the hills with the winding roads and the pretty houses.
My last vacation before COVID hit was to Dublin, Ireland and my favorite walk of that trip was the Howth Cliff Walk one morning just after the sun came up.
Mt Tam, Marin County CA. Walking up the Steep Ravine Trail from Stinson Beach, across the ridge on the side of the mountain overlooking the Pacific, then back downhill on the Matt Davis trail for a beer and a bite at the Parkside Cafe. Exquisite. ... But really anywhere around Mt Tam is amazing.
I live in a small country village north of Montreal and started walking every road in our village a few months ago, marking off each one I complete on a map. I've lived here for close to 26 years and there are new places I'm seeing all the time, including heritage spots. There is no one favourite spot, it's all beautiful (except for the blackflies and mosquitoes).
I live in carroll gardens, so from CG: down to red hook, walk along the water to and through brooklyn bridge park waterfront, continuing through dumbo, across the brooklyn bridge (or manhattan br) and ideally ending for dumplings in chinatown or maybe someplace in the LES or beyond but definitely end with food + drink. Can also be done in the reverse so I end up at home. Back in the day there was also a massage incorporated in there at one of the chinatown reflexology spots but my go to has since closed, & remains to be replaced.
Wave Hill in the Bronx has this lovely windy trail just below the gardens. You can hear the train running next to the Hudson sometimes.
I live in Washington, DC and love to walk along the Glover Archbold Trail, the grounds of the National Cathedral, and down Embassy Row to Dupont Circle.
Anywhere–if I can borrow a dog. Otherwise, NYC or London in the morning before rush hour.
On Washington Valley Road in New Jersey there's a field that used to be an old house with barn and field dotted with bluebird houses. It has a small side path through a little forest. It even has a paved path connecting all the way back to where I live!
Through a Downeast blueberry barren with a distant, wide view of a Maine bay studded with islands. In the fall, the low, scrubby bushes are fiery red, and as you descend through them, you reach an area of wooded trails. I like to walk there, too — it's soft and mossy, green with ferns. It smells so good.
In Belgrade: I like to walk a few kilometers with the barest of inclines up the boulevard-as you go away from downtown, the sidewalks are wider and the likelihood that a car will park there (“it’ll only be a minute!”) goes down. At a certain point I will zigzag through cobblestone roads, between probably illegally-built homes, then eventually make my way through a lush forest where, at the end of the rainbow, I am greeted by wooden picnic tables and a hidden bar with some of the cheapest beer in town.
Brighton Beach early on weekend mornings, zigzaging through Astoria whenever, always stopping for pastries during both.
Living in CT, I’m blessed to have the beauty and wonder of amazing trails, mountains, and state parks to fulfill my yearnings. However, after walking throughout the hills and Munros of Scotland, I was spoiled! Can’t wait to go back again and experience more of that sublime country side!🏴
The walk from my place to my sister's place take me thru Prospect Park. There's one section, maybe 30 second long, thru a grove of very tall, fat trunked trees. They remind me of sentries 💗
Along the bayous in Houston, especially when it’s wildflower season.
We enjoy walking over 59th street Bridge (NYC) and stopping for pizza at Belluchi’s ( best pizza in NY- also subject of great documentary Untitled Pizza Movie)
Parc Frédérick Bach in Montreal is beautiful. There are different pathways, and the sunset hits the hills in a very special way.
I love walking to the common and public garden in boston. I also love walking from brookline village to coolidge corner.
From the Castro in SF to Tank Hill / Twin Peaks
Bush Terminal Park and Socrates Sculpture Park
In a town west of Philadelphia I like to walk to the place where I work as a volunteer at a vaccine clinic... the combination of good exercise and the uplifting experience of seeing people vaccinated and then walking home makes for a great afternoon
jackie o reservoir in central park
Long Island City is great -- subway station down to the water. Also in Queens, Alley Pond Park is lovely. And, for food, up Roosevelt Avenue for tacos and other delights.
Pacific spirit park at UBC in Vancouver BC
I live in Toronto and love to walk on Harbourfront all the way until Millennium Park especially at sunset.
I have a few. I love walking a new city when I am visiting, whether it's one close to me (like going out to Long Island or upstate NY) or one totally foreign. It's the best way to get a feel for the energy and get to know places I might want to check out. We walked a TON around Mexico City a few years ago and I loved that experience.
I also love a good meandering Manhattan walk - usually downtown, like Nolita or Tribeca or LES, or occasionally places I haven't spent much time in like the UWS. I live in Queens and frequently take walks around my neighborhood (considering I rarely leave it anymore) where I discover hidden little gems that are parks or really old houses or occasionally old mansions.
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