One day in The Bronx, New York
A day through The Bronx’s best-known sights that lie close together: Paradise Theater, Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, Bronx Zoo and Starlight Park. 6 stops, about 3.1 mi between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Paradise TheaterTemple or shrine · On the map
- Edgar Allan Poe CottageMuseum · 0.4 mi on from Paradise Theater · On the map
- New York Botanical GardenGarden · 0.9 mi on from Edgar Allan Poe Cottage · On the map
- Bronx ParkGarden · 0.5 mi on from New York Botanical Garden · On the map
- Bronx ZooZoo or aquarium · 0.4 mi on from Bronx Park · On the map
- Starlight ParkGarden · 0.9 mi on from Bronx Zoo · On the map
6 stops, 5 mi on foot along the streets: about 1 h 40 min of walking.
More for The Bronx
- Things to do in The Bronx, New York · 40 places to see, led by Bronx Zoo and The Cloisters
Day trips from The Bronx
- New York City12 mi awayStatue of Liberty40 places to see, led by Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building
- Brooklyn14 mi awayBrooklyn Museum6 stops in a day, starting at Lesbian Herstory Archives
- Philadelphia92 mi awayIndependence Hall6 stops in a day, starting at Independence Hall
- Queens12 mi awayFlushing Meadows–Corona Park18 places to see, led by Flushing Meadows–Corona Park and Forest Park
Photo credits
- Paradise Theater: Jim.henderson, CC0
- Edgar Allan Poe Cottage: Zoirusha, Public domain
- New York Botanical Garden: Anthony22, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bronx Park: This photo was taken by participant/team Free Culture NYU as part of the Common…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bronx Zoo: Stavenn, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Starlight Park: Jim.henderson, CC0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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