Are you ready for THE Bucket List open water swim in the greatest city in the world?
Be a part of a small group of urban swimmers experiencing the Statue of Liberty in a whole new way as we do a full one mile loop of Liberty Island.
You will have your own kayak escort as you tackle this challenging route – and bragging rights for life upon completion of this epic adventure.
Experience Requirement: The Statue of Liberty Swim is a challenging open water event, involving swimming against the current in typically choppy conditions. All participants must provide proof of recent, comparable open water swim experience (the PRIDE Swim Manhattan is an acceptable qualifier), and must swim at a pace of 30 minutes per mile or faster.
Distance: 1 Mile | 1.6 Kilometers
Jun 26, 2027
Distance — 1 Miles
Type — Water sports
08:00
$450.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for June in New York.
Learn more about the host city, New York.
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with its respective county. It is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy.
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