Jutting out at the southernmost point of Manhattan, leafy Battery Park provides plenty of places to sit and rest, including two tiers of wood benches that line the promenade facing the New York Harbor. From here, you can see Governors Island, a former Coast Guard installation now managed by the National Park Service, a hilly Staten Island in the distance, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the old railway terminal in Liberty State Park, on the mainland in Jersey City, New Jersey. On crystal-clear days you can see all the way to Port Elizabeth's cranes.
