Recreation - Travel

If you're not from New York you've probably still heard a lot about Central Park. Central Park is often featured in television shows and in movies. It's a famous place and rightly so. It's a large park. It's 2 miles by one half mile in size. It's the most visited park in America with over 20 million visitors per year. If you've seen Central Park on television shows like "Friends" or "Seinfeld" now it's time to visit for yourself and see what it's really like!

Central Park has an almost unlimited amount of wonderful things to see inside (well outside really! that's the point, isn't it?) It's hard to choose just a few things to write about here but that's my job so I'll try to get to it! Central Park is a beautiful place to wander around but if you are looking for somewhere specific to check out you can start with the wonderful Central Park Zoo and Children's Petting Zoo both of which can be found on the east side of the park at 64th street. I highly recommend both of these zoos with a special recommendation for the Petting Zoo which I think is just really great, even if you are not a child. I enjoy it! There are some great events that take place in Central Park if you are visiting during the summer months especially. This includes free concerts. You may have heard of the free concerts given in Central Park by such stars as Simon & Garfunkle, Diana Ross, Dave Matthews Band, and Garth Brooks but there are also smaller concerts given in Central Park throughout the summer months. There are also free open air theater productions usually plays by Shakespeare.