Conservatory Pond

Beautiful man made pond in the middle of Central Park....whole park is completely "artificial", meaning Frederick Law Olmstead employed thousands of immigrant workers with picks and shovels to carve it out....shaping every little hill and dale and exposing rock at various places.

Idea was to try and bring the countryside into Manhattan, of course...Once perilous, the park is very safe during daytime hours, except maybe for remote patches at its Northern end.