About us
The Shorewalkers:Members Only Group is open to active members of Shorewalkers. Our volunteer hike leaders lead over 250 walks a year, on weekends and throughout the week. To become a member, visit our website Membership Levels - Shorewalkers.
Some of our walks allow for members to bring a guest. Guests must sign our Waiver and Release (https://tinyurl.com/28cez6j8) to participate.
Who We Are:
Shorewalkers is a non-profit environmental hiking organization founded in 1982. Our mission is to promote and preserve New York City’s waterfront and raise awareness of its shorelines by leading invigorating hikes throughout the metropolitan area. Our signature event, The Great Saunter, is a 32-mile trek along Manhattan's shoreline, held annually on the first Saturday of May. Additionally, we host the Great Saunter Fall Challenge, a virtual event in early October.
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Upcoming events
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Join Us for the 2026 Great Goat Graze-Off Walk
McDonald's Broadway & W 145th Street, 3543 Broadway, New York, NY 10031, New York, NY, USUPDATE: The walk has been rescheduled to Sunday, July 19, its rain date. Riverside Park has moved the event because of the weather forecast and uncertain air quality on Saturday.
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026.
Time: 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. We begin walking at 10:45 a.m. sharp. We’ll spend about an hour at the 2026 Great Goat Graze-Off, featuring three of Riverside Park’s weed‑eating goats.
Distance: ~6.5 miles at a moderate pace, with several drop‑out points.
Meeting Location: NW corner of Broadway & West 145 St, at the exit of the #1 train’s 145 St station, in front of McDonald’s.
Bring: Water, sunscreen, hat, snacks, lunch.
Restrooms: Riverbank Park before heading north; additional restrooms available later along the Hudson River Greenway.🐐 About the Walk
We’ll kick off the day with an unconventional spectacle: a competitive eating event starring Riverside Park’s famous weed‑eating goats. The 2026 Great Goat Graze-Off begins at 11 a.m. just north of Ten Mile River Playground (near W. 151 St). The event is overseen by George Shea of Major League Eating — the same host of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest — and is currently the only professional eating competition between goats.After enjoying the festivities, we’ll head south along the Hudson River Greenway, stopping for lunch near the West Harlem Piers. We’ll continue to W. 59 St and finish at Columbus Circle. If the day is hot, we’ll shift to the upper-level paths of Riverside Park for shade and breezes.
🌿 Background: The Goats Are Baaaaack
For the past six summers, the Riverside Park Conservancy has brought in goats from upstate New York to clear poison ivy and invasive plants from steep slopes. These hard‑working animals can eat up to 25% of their body weight in vegetation daily, and have already restored areas around W. 120 St and W. 143 St. This year, they’re tackling a new site near W. 137 St.See more details at https://riversideparknyc.org/goatham/.
Hike leader: Brigitte, 646-651-3911 (day of walk only).
36 attendees
Degenerate Art Walk
Washington square Park, 15-61 Washington square N, new york, NY, USThis will be a themed eight mile walk in Manhattan viewing some art and the homes of artists that fled the Nazi regime settling in New York due to their painting of art that was considered Entartete Kunst-degenerate art. If art was Jewish, modern, and not representational or nationalistic-it was Entartete Kunst.
The walk will start in Washington Square Park, going through Union Square, Kips Bay, Eastside Greenway, Central Park, Lincoln Center and ending at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where some of Monuments Men and Women worked.
Bring: water, snacks and lunch or buy lunch at or lunch stop at the Hugh Bldg. Extreme heat cancels.
Guests: If you plan to bring a guest, please forward them this guest waiver and make sure they sign it before coming to the walk: https://tinyurl.com/28cez6j8
Leader: Nicholas DiNapoli
Text: 201-406-4549Meeting location: Washington Square Park by the rest rooms.
25 attendees
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