Hotels near The High Line

The High Line is a 2.3 km elevated park built on a disused freight railway running along Manhattan's West Side, about nine metres above the street. Planted with wild grasses and perennials that nod to the self-seeded landscape which grew here after the trains stopped, it has become one of the city's most copied urban-design ideas.

The walkway threads between and through buildings from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District up to Hudson Yards, with seating, art installations, viewing spurs over the traffic and cafe kiosks along the way. It links neatly to the Whitney Museum at its southern end and Chelsea Market just below.

Pro Tip: Walk it north in the late afternoon to finish near Hudson Yards for sunset, and drop into Chelsea Market for lunch midway. It gets busy at weekends, so a weekday morning is the calmest time for photos.