Things To See

Central Park designers Olmsted and Vaux named this man-made water body “the Meer” - Dutch for “lake.” It was a nod to the 17th Century European settlers who first inhabited the village of Harlem.

Hundreds of baseball and softball games are played each season at the six fields that make up the newly restored Heckscher Ballfields.

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in the 19th Century, they designated this 10-acre meadow in the southwest corner of the Park as a "playground" — the term used to describe a versatile open meadow intended for games, sports and informal play.

Hernshead, a promontory that juts out into The Lake, is named after what must have once been the shape of a “hern” or heron’s head, and a bird often sighted in Central Park. Hernshead is planted with seasonal flowers and aquatic plantings.

This whimsical bronze statue is part of a pair of niche sculptures that flank the brick triple-archway between the Central Park Zoo and the Children’s Zoo.

A marvel of engineering and construction, Huddlestone Arch is considered by many to be the most picturesque of Central Park’s arches.

Indian Hunter was the first sculpture in Central Park by an American artist.

Run by the Conservancy, three Information Kiosks are staffed by our volunteers from April through November.

Just east of the Pond, Inscope is tucked away from view and one of the Park’s less frequently used arches. It features a 34-foot long Tuscan archway.

Commemorating Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, the lush walk cuts through the northeast edge of the Ramble – fitting, considering the preservationist’s efforts to restore the 38-acre wild garden.