Name: The Summer Hudson River Loop Walk!
Start: 2026-05-31T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-31T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ

Seriously one of our popular walks - 28 miles. Stroll up the Hudson River (NJ side), over the GW bridge and then down the Westside of NY!
About this Event

A FreeWalker CLASSIC! Incredible views of NYC from the NJ side and of NJ on the NY side. There are many rest stops and options to shorten your walk if you choose, or challenge yourself and do it all!

Start: Exhange Place -

Finish: Exhange Place or wherever you choose.

Distance: 28 - 30 miles or less if you choose . You can duck out at any point.

Where to find us: On the plaza in front of Gregory's Coffee near the Path Train.

Optional endpoints: You can end your walk at any time in NJ or NYC - your choice.

Lunch Stop Optional: Whole Foods in Edgewater. Pack your own or purchase. Additional food options along the way.

Bathrooms: Several along the route.

Terrain: Sidewalk mostly flat with elevation on the GW bridge.

Public Transit: Subway to Path Station. In NYC Path or Ferry back to Exchange Place depending on finish time.

Driving: FREE street parking (check signs carefully).

Pet Policy: Please leave your dogs at home.

Difficulty: Beginner to Advance walkers, depending on your choice of distance.

Category: Urban

Coordinator: Sarahjane and Matt Rath/Risa Olinsky

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.