The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop

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Day77

Day 77 — Brooklyn — New York City

Full day4h 45m planned

70Liberty, Ellis Island & Lower Manhattan 71Ground Zero & the new downtown 72Midtown Icons 73The Met & Central Park 74Free Day 75Broadway & late laughs 76The Village & the High Line 77Brooklyn 78Upper West Side 79Free Day 80Empire State & Herald Square 81Lower East Side & Chinatown 82Harlem & the Cloisters 83Free Day 84Out to the East End 85Montauk & the End 86The Hamptons & North Fork wine 87Back west & up the Hudson 88Hyde Park 89Storm King & the river 90West Point & Cold Spring 91Into the Catskills 92Woodstock & Kaaterskill Falls 93North to the capital 94The Capital 95South into New Jersey 96Princeton 97Trenton & Washington's Crossing 98Down the shore 99Atlantic City 100Cape May 101Across to Philadelphia 102Independence & Old City 103The Parkway museums 104Markets & the cheesesteak wars 105Penitentiary & science 106Free Day 107North to Scranton 108Steam & coal 109South to Amish country 110Amish Country 111Hershey & the Strasburg Rail Road 112To the capital 113The Capitol & the Civil War 114South to Gettysburg 115The Battlefield 116Little Round Top & the Address 117Into Delaware 118The du Pont estates 119Longwood & the riverfront 120South to Dover 121The First State's capital 122Rehoboth Beach 123Across the bay to Baltimore 124The Inner Harbor 125Fort McHenry & Fell's Point 126Art, oddity & crabs 127Down to Annapolis 128The Naval Academy & the State House 129On the Chesapeake 130Out to the ocean 131The Boardwalk 132Assateague's wild horses 133Northwest to Frederick 134Antietam & Frederick 135South to Mount Vernon 136Washington's Home 137The National Mall & Monuments 138Smithsonian I 139Smithsonian II 140Capitol Hill 141The White House & Ford's Theatre 142Free Day 143Arlington 144Georgetown & the Tidal Basin 145South into Virginia

Walk the bridge into a borough of its own.

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM· 2h
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge to DUMBOLandmarks & MonumentsAnchor
Cross the 1883 bridge on foot into DUMBO for the classic Manhattan-Bridge-framed photo.
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM· 1h 15m
Coal-oven pizza in DUMBOFood & Drink Trails
A classic pie under the bridge, then Brooklyn Bridge Park along the water.
19 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM· 1h 30m
Brooklyn Heights PromenadeCities & Metros
Brownstone streets and a promenade with the definitive lower-Manhattan skyline view.
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, NY