The Big Walk Itinerary - Total 48 Miles
START @ METROPARK STA 6:15 am Park cars in -> PARKING FACILITY Hours: 24 hours 100
Middlesex-Essex Tpke Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 906-1661 (Phone)
(4.5 miles) RAHWAY TRAIN STATION - ETA 7:30 – Call for pickups when approaching East Milton Ave.
(1 or 2 blocks away) Short 10-15 minute break (restroom)
(8.0 miles) Union County Parkway (Winfield Park) (@ Stiles St.) Road Bend Optional 10 minute break Head through Winfield Park toward Clark (Parkway Drive)
(9.5 miles) Raritan Road Crosses Parkway – to Crane Parkway - final 2.5 miles to Cranford Train Station.
(11.5 miles) CRANFORD TRAIN STATION – ETA 9:30 Sag Wagon +coffee+bagels all should wait for ½ hr
break, reception, pictures
@ 10:00-10:30 Head out to Nomahegan Park then Lenape Park Short rest stop 10 min.
(18 miles) Chestnut & Colonial Ave - Boston Market – about 12:30 p.m. (lunch)
(19.5 miles) UNION TRAIN STATION Pickup/Dropout (ETA 1:15) – Arrivals meet walkers at corner of
Salem and Morris Ave Call to meet. Check Raritan Line train schedule.
(23 miles) Break near exiting Weequahic Park – 3:00 ETA - 15 minute break)
(Miles 24 – 26) – Irvine Turner to the University section
(Mile 27) – PENN STATION NEWARK – (ETA 4:30 – ETD 5:00) -@ Info Kiosk – ½ HR BREAK.
(30 miles) Intersection Hell – Junction Raymond Blvd, Rts 1&9 (ETA 5:45)
(34 miles) Journal Square (ETA 7:00) – 15 min break
(36 miles) Liberty State Park Entrance – Jersey Ave & Grand (ETA 7:45)
(44 miles) Exchange Place (ETA 9:30) take PATH train to WTC NYC (ETA 10:00)
(48 miles) Walk to PENN STATION NYC (ETA 11:30)
(YOU ARE INVITED TO THE POST-EVENT MEETING AT TICK TOCK DINER NEAR PENN STATION – 481 8TH AVE (34th
st) http://www.ticktockdinerny.com)
Paul’s Cell# 973-214-1811 Mike Kruimer ECG-SAG Cell# 732-586-3981
Sect 1 of 5- Newark Penn > Market St, > Ferry St > Raymond Blvd > Intersection Hell - Now with
sidewalk!
Sect 2 of 5 – Raymond Blvd turns into Rt1 (Lincoln Highway) go around clover leaves > cross over Passaic
Bridge
Go to light and cross over to north side of 2nd Hackensack River Bridge – Head left into Lincoln Park >
Take pedestrian bridge over Tonnelle Ave/Rt1 into park near tennis courts and out park. Around park
circle head up Belmont Ave to left on JFK Boulevard > head to Journal Square.
Sect 3 of 5 – Journal Sq. to Grand St. – At JSQ head down Newark Ave. and make a right on Jersey Ave
(disregard the route of a few blocks that goes down 6th and back to Jersey Ave) - we will bypass walking
along the 6th Street Harsimus Embankment this year.
Continue on Jersey Avenue which will take you into the park after crossing the light rail line. Take the
footbridge and you are in the park. Make a left on Audrey Zapp Drive and continue to Freedom Way.
Follow along this road to the end for a couple miles either on the road or on the path alongside the road
to the end parking lot near the Statue of Liberty open area. Make a left and head toward the romenade
walkway along the water. Continue for a few miles until the end. Take Audrey Zapp drive back to where
you entered the park.
When back on Jersey Ave turn right at Grand Street and continue walking all the way to the Hudson. Trun
left at the promenade walkway at the water and you are a few short blocks from Exchange Place where
you take the PATH to World Trade Center. If ferry is running it could be a good option
NOTE THIS OPTION: Depending on your timing and ambition, you might choose to eliminate the 7 mile
segment into Liberty State Park. Remember, to allow enough time to get across the river, walk to Penn
Station and maybe grab a bite to eat with us before heading home on a train. Last train from Penn is 1:22
am.
Sect 4 of 5 – Downtown – arriving by PATH train head north on Church St and left on Chambers toward
the Hudson River and the Westside Greenway. Head north on greenway along the Hudson.
Sect 5 of 5 – Midtown – head to 34th st and 8th for Tic Tock Diner or head to Penn Station at 7th and 33rd.