Fort Tryon Park

Fort Tryon Park offers some spectacular views from one of the highest points in New York City

Located in Washington Heights, Fort Tryon Park is one of the highest points in New York City, sitting on top of a rugged ridgeline once inhabited by the Wiechquaesgeck Indians. The park was an auxiliary site for the American soldiers during the Battle of Fort Washington in November 1776 and was named after Sir William Tyron, the last British governor of New York after the British victory.

Carefully designed, Fort Tryon Park's verandas and pathways disappear into the wooden slopes to preserve uninhabited feeling of the open areas and the commanding views of the New York City skyline, Hudson River, George Washington Bridge and Palisades.

The entire Fort Tryon Park consists of several formal gardens, children's play areas, walking trails and a diverse catalogue of recreational and entertainment programs. One of the most noteworthy sections is the newly revitalised, 3 acre Alpine Garden with stone staircases traversing the slopes down to Broadway. Glacial striations and other geological evidence of the last Ice Age can be observed in the natural rock formation as you descend.

Since 1938, Fort Tryon Park has been home to The Cloisters, an annex of the Metropolitan Museum of Art housing approximately 3,000 works of European art dating from the third to ninth century. The Cloisters has been constructed from sections of medieval French monasteries that were disassembled brick by brick and shipped to New York between 1934 and 1938 and reassembled in Fort Tryon Park. The grounds surrounding the museum are landscaped with cloistered gardens planted utilising the same horticultural techniques as were used in the Middle Ages.

Cost: Free

Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Website: Fort Tryon Park or Cloisters

Address: 190th Street at Margaret Corbin Drive

Nearby attractions: The Cloisters, Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden, Yankee Stadium

Getting There on Transit
Subway Train / Bus	Subway Station	Walking Time
A	190th Street	3 minutes
Take the A train to 190th Street, head north on Fort Washington Avenue, bear slightly right onto Margaret Corbin Drive at the park's entrance (3 minutes)