Description
The New York Manhattan Upper East Side Tourist Scavenger Hunt is a 3.9 km / 2.4 mi self-guided walking tour with challenges along the way. It should take 3 hours to complete, and ends near the start location.
Click here for this tourist scavenger hunt’s complete tour details, specifications, requirements, and city history. You’ll also find here the full locations list.
What you’ll see
- Central Park
- Bow Bridge
- Bethesda Terrace & Fountain
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Belvedere Castle
- James B Duke House
- Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
- Carnegie Mansion
- Neue Galerie New York
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
- Many monuments, and much more!
We visit New York City almost annually since 2005. We tested parts of this tour in August 2022.
This scavenger hunt has a difficulty level of NORMAL.
Your group’s size should be between 2 and 6 persons. In fact, children are welcome and will enjoy most of the challenges.
After purchase, to begin your Upper East Side scavenger hunt, direct yourself to the outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028. This is the start location.
Once there, stand outside and log in to this website and begin your hunt.
Alternatively, you can access “My Account” and follow the instructions there.
Never hesitate to contact us if you experience any difficulties.
History
The natives that inhabited what is now the big city of New York were Lenape who spoke Algonquin. They occupied the Upper East Side with fishing camps in the East River.
These beautiful arable lands were used to grow various crops by early settlers from the late 17th century to the early 19th century. It was then that railways multiplied on Manhattan.
At the end of the 19th century, most of the farms here subdivided into urbanization lots. The development of residential neighborhoods began. Central Park was created around that time, between the 1850 and 1870. Two elevated “El” subway lines were built during this time taking commuters from north to south and vice-versa.
Already, the rich and famous were building large homes along the new Central Park. Several large and wealthy American families have settled on the Upper East Side at various times: Vanderbilt (railroad and coal), Carnegie (industries), Frick (coal), Kennedy (political), Roosevelt (political), Rockefeller (oil), Whitney (horse racing) and Duke (tobacco and electricity).
Gracie Mansion, the last mansion on the East River became the official home of the mayor of New York City in 1943.
Today there are many museums and art galleries, as well as over 20 consulates in the south as the UN headquarters is located further south in Midtown.
The Upper East Side is a particularly wealthy residential and cultural neighborhood on the island of Manhattan. It is located east of Central Park and has a population of nearly 230,000.
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