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Summit Rock

Tourist attraction Park Historical landmark Scenic spot

😐 A very nice place for a picnic. Though I wasn't too happy to hear loud music playing around me and the smell of marijuana coming from some larger groups near me was not enjoyable. Beautiful place, but I would recommend not bringing your kids here.


Address

Central Park W, New York, NY 10024

Website

www.centralparknyc.org

Contact

(212) 310-6600

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (177 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 6 AM to 1 AM
  • Friday: 6 AM to 1 AM
  • Saturday: 6 AM to 1 AM
  • Sunday: 6 AM to 1 AM
  • Monday: 6 AM to 1 AM
  • Tuesday: 6 AM to 1 AM
  • Wednesday: 6 AM to 1 AM

Featured Reviews


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  • 3/5 Ethan R. 2 years ago on Google • 43 reviews
    A very nice place for a picnic. Though I wasn't too happy to hear loud music playing around me and the smell of marijuana coming from some larger groups near me was not enjoyable. Beautiful place, but I would recommend not bringing your kids here.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Side 2 S. 2 years ago on Google • 440 reviews
    This area is where African Americans lived before it was taken over.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Benjamin S. 2 years ago on Google • 260 reviews
    So cool visiting the highest part of this iconic park. Definitely recommend visiting. Five stars.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Charlie O. 3 years ago on Google • 200 reviews
    The small seating are next to summit rock is one of my favorite spots. Quiet. Peaceful. Great view of the surrounding architecture. Just a nice spot to sit and think
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Adnan T. 1 year ago on Google • 65 reviews
    This place is the fall is amazingly beautiful. Surrounded by the tall buildings, it truly is surreal.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Can 4 years ago on Google • 775 reviews
    The climb was very strenuous 🙈 Nicely located in Central Park

  • 5/5 Joshua C. 6 years ago on Google • 194 reviews
    Great quiet place in Central Park with views of adjacent areas, with great space for small gatherings.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Meir Z. 2 years ago on Google • 166 reviews
    In the central park. We went to Daybreaker there. (Yoga and party). Very nice experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eva-Lynn P. 2 years ago on Google • 24 reviews
    Summit rock is a beautiful place for small dogs, large dogs, dogs that just like to sit, and dogs that like to play ball or Frisbee or whatever. Before 9 AM and after 9 PM (in the summer when it's light enough) it's a great place to go and let your dog off leash and just let your dog be who he or she is. In addition there are all kinds of interesting people up on Summit Rock, occasional performances, and it's really a wonderful place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Edward A. 6 years ago on Google • 23 reviews
    This is a lovely place for a sit-down at any time of day, perched up high on a small bluff—diagonally situated just across from the lovely Beresford apartment building—about five or six stories up above Central Park West, with a clear view all the way down 83rd St. to the Hudson on a clear day. The fact that it's essentially a sheer rock face down to CPW means that it isn't as quiet as some other places farther into the interior of the park (bit of horn-honking at rush hour, etc.), but that hardly matters. When the trees are bare, you can see the whole of the skyline, from the San Remo sweeping west past Columbus Circle, all of Central Park South, and clear on over to prominent buildings like the Citigroup Tower (a.k.a. 601 Lexington Avenue) on the East Side. It's a great spot!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Haz B. 2 years ago on Google
    Good ol open space, and greenery. great place for semi small events. I went to a day party there recently with New York and Chicago steppers. Great music good vibes never know what they'll have there next always a little something from everyone
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sounds. Real. Live! radio (. 2 years ago on Google • 7 reviews
    A a life long New Yorker, this was my very first time visiting Summit Rock. Such history being a part of the destroyed community known as Seneca Village.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 mtandiz 5 months ago on Google • 476 reviews
    Great place

  • 3/5 齋藤直将(naosuke1412) 1 month ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    I visited this place because it was the highest point in Central Park. It's convenient to be able to go nearby by 🛴. Since it was a Saturday and Sunday, it was crowded with children.

  • 5/5 Rocio Alban de S. 11 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    ❤💯

  • 5/5 muhammed h. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing , fast, great price service! this will be my go to from now on . Thank you

  • 5/5 Maria F. 1 year ago on Google
    excellent #FREE location for outdoor events.


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