A walking app for NYC

Look what the city did today.

Ramble turns every walk into a small act of discovery: sunset views, cherry blossoms, and pocket parks one block, the hustle of a neighborhood in full swing the next. It's built for wandering, for side quests, for the kind of walk you can only get from a living, breathing city that's never the same twice.

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A quiet moment on the rocks in a leafy corner of the city

Found on a Tuesday. Fifteen minutes from the subway.

The problem

You don't know what you don't know.

There is a waterfall in Manhattan. A hidden mews two blocks from your office. A street where, twice a year, the sunset lines up perfectly with the grid. Most of the city is invisible to the people who live in it, not because it's hidden, but because no one ever points it out.

You're walking anyway. Why not take the route full of experiences?

How a walk works

Tell Ramble what kind of walk you want.

Take me on a loop

Say how much time you have. Ramble builds a loop through the most beautiful streets nearby and brings you back where you started.

Going somewhere?

Headed to dinner, the park, a friend's place? Ramble finds the prettiest way there, not just the fastest.

Find me a pretty spot

No plan, no destination. Ramble points you to a bench by the water, a pocket park, a view worth sitting with.

Under every route is a scored map of all 337,000 street segments in New York, built with MIT backed research on what makes a street worth walking down.

Earlier this month
The sun setting perfectly aligned down 42nd Street between the buildings

One evening this July, hundreds of strangers stopped mid block to watch the sun set straight down the avenue. The city put on a show. Most people found out after it was over.

There are countless moments like these. Don't miss them.

Why walk this way

Experiencing the world is not a passive act.

Notice more.

The prewar block, the ginkgo in bloom, the light hitting the water. Attention is a skill, and walking is where you practice it.

Feel how alive the city can be.

Every neighborhood has a rhythm. Ramble routes you through it instead of around it.

Enter your flow state.

No pace. No calories. No feed. Just you, moving through a beautiful place with nowhere else to be.
Your city, your layer

Watch your map fill in.

  • Save the walks and places you love, and come back when the season changes.
  • Share your favorite walks with friends. The best routes in the city will be made by the people who walk it.
  • Watch your map of the city fill in, street by street, as you walk it.
Your archive: a map of NYC showing 147 streets walked, 8.4 percent of Manhattan and 2.1 percent of Brooklyn
Fits into your life

Bring your walk with you.

Your soundtrack

Connect Spotify and pair a walk with an album or a podcast. Some routes deserve a score.

Your headspace

Pair a walk with a mindfulness practice through Headspace. A moving meditation, on the prettiest streets in the city.

Your calendar

Sync your calendar and Ramble will craft walks that fit your open windows. Forty free minutes becomes a loop through the neighborhood.