One of the things I love most about the High Line is that it's different every time I visit it. Depending on the season, the time of day, and people who happen to be there, it's never the same experience. Photographers and artists will find an infinite supply of inspiration on the High Line.

My wife & I sent a week in NY with our daughter. She took us to the HIGH-LINE. This has to be one f the greatest idea's ever. It is very well planned out and talk about quite !! it was like being in another world while being in the Big Apple.
Looks like they are extending the path some more which is great to see, can't wait to go back and walk the new section and send more time on the HIGH-LINE.
If you go to New York city you have to visit the HIGH-LINE.
Cheers

We so enjoyed walking on this trail when we visited New York in early September. We had read about it in the Times and decided to check it out. It was quite an amazing feeling to be walking above the city streets. The view of the Hudson is spectacular. The day we were there, a volunteer was working on the wildflowers and herbs planted along the way, and these were quite wonderful. It's a very unique combination of the urban cityscape with the organic landscape of the wild plants and flowers planted in the beds created by old railroad ties.

I've had a number of memorable rail-trail experiences around the country - from the remote beauty of the Greenbrier River trail in West Virginia to the sweeping vistas of the West County trail in Napa Valley but nothing really compares to the experience I had on the High Line in New York City this past weekend. You can't really compare the natural scenic beauty of these great rural trails with an urban city trail but the experience of walking down the High Line as you take in impressions of concrete, steel, natural organic landscapes, towering skyscrapers and wide views of the Hudson River, all contributed to the surreal feeling of almost quietly being suspended above and far removed from the busy Manhatten city streets down below.

The first section that opened this past June is just over half a mile in length and we accessed the southern section from the Gansevoort street stairs. The High Line's excellent design includes sections of old tracks and iron railings and the concrete slabs on the trail make room for many sections of natural plant and grass varieties that were part of the old abandoned corridor's natural landscape. Highlights of the trail were the beautiful design elements of the trail itself, the glass art display at the Chelsea Market spur symbolizing the varieties of color reflected of the Hudson river and the views and reflections of the Frank Gehry building along the northern section of the trail. Highly recommended!