Course Description

Participants will enter the water at Clinton Cove in Hudson River Park, initially swimming in a slight northwesterly direction to clear boats moored at the 79th Street Boat Basin. Swimmers should maintain this distance from shore (approximately 1/4 Mile) as they continue north in order to avoid being swept into the water treatment plant located at Riverbank State Park (135th - 145th Street).

Swimmers must achieve the following landmarks by the prescribed cut-off times in order to continue on to the finish of the race:

Riverside Side Park at 99th Street
1 hour 25 minutes

Grant’s Tomb
1 hour 45 minutes

Riverbank State Park (North Side)
2 hours 20 minutes

158th Street HH exit
2 hours 40 minutes