Central Park 31 Arches Trail

On a warm Saturday morning, my wife and I set out to explore the arches and bridges of Central Park. The plan was to follow a north-to-south path, visiting as many bridges and arches as possible. I have compiled a trail that goes through 31 arches and bridges. I am not sure whether there are more arches that were left unvisited, but this is a good starting guide. Since I haven’t found a trail on Alltrails.com or anywhere else online, I decided to make one myself.

In total, we walked 6.93 miles in about 2.5 hours, enjoying a leisurely pace and stopping take photos of these historic structures.

List of Arches and Bridges

Here’s the sequence of arches and bridges we passed during the walk:

1. Mountcliff Arch
2. Huddlestone Arch
3. Glen Span Bridge
4. Springbanks Arch
5. Claremont Arch (Closed)
6. Gothic Bridge
7. Bridge No. 27
8. Bridge No. 24 (Reservoir Bridge)
9. Winterdale Arch
10. Greywacke Arch
11. Glade Arch
12. Trefoil Arch
13. Bethesda Terrace
14. Bow Bridge
15. Ramble Arch
16. Bank Rock Bridge, Oak Bridge or Cabinet Bridge
17. Balcony Bridge
18. Eaglevale Bridge
19. Riftstone Arch
20. 65th St West Arch (Unnamed)
21. Dalehead Arch
22. Greyshot Arch
23. Pinebank Arch
24. Dipway Arch
25. Driprock Arch
26. Playmates Arch
27. Willowdell Arch
28. Denesmouth Arch
29. 65th St East Arch (Unnamed)
30. Inscope Arch
31. Greengap Arch (Closed)
32. Gapstow Bridge

Trail map

download central-park-31-arches-north-to-south-annotated.gpx file

Selected Photos