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Impress your friends with this neat trick using Central Park’s historic lamp posts

03/14/2017

Central Park Lamp Post Trick

<a href="http://www.centralparknyc.org/">Central Park</a> presents endless opportunities for exploration with its historic pavilions, verdant meadows, and plenty of playgrounds, gardens and lakes. But if you've found yourself at the vast space scratching your head as to where exactly you were, Mental Floss points out a <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/91196/hidden-trick-help-you-navigate-central-park">neat little trick</a> that will help you find your way using a little-known system of numbers found on the park's 1,600 lamp posts.

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New York City's Central Park

Central Park is over 800 acres of green.

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lamps post central park new york city

The lamp posts are designed by architect Henry Bacon.

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People in Central Park

The posts' number system ensure that one need never get lost in the huge park.

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Central Park Lamp Post Trick

Central Park presents endless opportunities for exploration with its historic pavilions, verdant meadows, and plenty of playgrounds, gardens and lakes. But if you've found yourself at the vast space scratching your head as to where exactly you were, Mental Floss points out a neat little trick that will help you find your way using a little-known system of numbers found on the park's 1,600 lamp posts.

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Central Park Lamp Post Trick