About this Event
Start: Meet at Exchange Place Plaza in front of Gregory's Coffee (near the playground). Please leave extra travel time to arrive early so we can hit the road on time. Trains schedules are NOT reliable these days.
End point: Do as much or as little of this walk as you choose. Return via Path, Light Rail, Uber or Ferry to the start depending on your distance.
Distance: 10 - 28 miles, your choice.
Terrain: city streets, mostly flat with some elevation such as the approach to the GW bridge.
Transit: Subway, Path or car. Free street parking in some areas of Jersey City. Several parking garages as well.
Families/children welcome: Please leave your dogs at home.
Bathrooms: There are several rest stops along the way. Coffee shops, Whole Foods, outdoor public restrooms as well.
Lunch/Snacks: Carry your own or purchase along the way. Usually we have lunch at Whole Foods in Edgewater, but here are several other options as well - your choice.
Challenge: Self-guided walk that is easy to hard depending on how many miles you choose to do. To shorten your walk, start with us at Exchange Place and go to Port Imperial where you can catch the light rail back to the start. Please note, the group does spread out and walk at different speeds.
Category: urban, scenic, historic.
Coordinator: Sarahjane and Matt Rath and Risa Olinsky, [email protected], 201-618-5582 (leave your full name).
Highlights: Beautiful stroll on the shores of the Hudson River, first in NJ and then in NYC. If you have never walked over the GW bridge you are in for a treat.
Partners:
The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a non-profit organization developing a public multi-use 3,000 mile trail from Canada to Key West through New Jersey and New York. Donations and memberships help make this dream trail a reality.
Circuit Trails is 800 miles of interconnected trails in Greater Philadelphia in the making, already one of America's largest trail networks. Once connected, the Circuit Trails will be one of the nation's premier urban trail networks and it will provide multiple benefits to neighborhoods, communities and the region as a whole.
The 9/11 National Memorial Trail is a network of over 1,300 miles of trails connecting New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in tribute to the heroes who perished on September 11, 2001, and the heroes who, in response, answered the call for their country.
The FreeWalkers are again offering the Cross-Jersey Walking Challenge, with a goal of walking the 100 miles of the East Coast Greenway across the entire state at any time during the year. This walk is part of the ECG trail from Trenton to New York City.
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Event venue & nearby stays
Exchange Place PATH Station, 68 Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey City, United States
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