The Tourist Trap Map to Tire Visitors

So you got stuck with hosting out-of-town family and/or friends for a few days this summer?

We feel your pain, but you're actually in luck coming across this walking tour map invented by Business Insider contributor Randy Olsen.

See, this borderline genius (at least in our books) has come up with an absolutely amazing algorithm to tour the most popular New York City tourist attractions (according to TripAdvisor) on foot.

This grueling New York City walking tour can be completed in approximately 4.5 hours of walking, so be sure to wear your walking shoes. (We'll leave it up to you if you want to let your out-of-towners in on that as well.)

Of course, if you prefer, you can also take the easy way out and hitch a ride on public transportation-- or even ride a Citi Bike along this route.

Here are the Google Maps walking directions: [1] [2] [3]

If you're super curious, this 14-mile tour includes 27 stops in the following order:

American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028

The Frick Collection, East 70th Street, New York, NY

Central Park, New York, NY

The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), West 53rd Street, New York, NY

St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 5th Avenue, New York, NY

Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111

Radio City Music Hall, Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Theater District, New York, NY

Times Square, New York, NY

Bryant Park, New York, NY

New York Public Library, New York, NY

Chrysler Building, Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY

The Morgan Library & Museum, Madison Avenue, New York, NY

Empire State Building Observation Deck, 5th Avenue, New York, NY

Madison Square Garden, Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY 10011

Chelsea Market, 9th Avenue, New York, NY

Ground Zero Museum Workshop, West 14th Street, New York, NY

Greenwich Village, New York, NY

Washington Square Park, New York, NY

SoHo, New York, NY

Tenement Museum, Orchard Street, New York, NY

St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway, New York, NY

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York, NY 10006

Statue of Liberty

Now just be sure to thank us once those out-of-towners are out of commission for the rest of their trip from complete and utter exhaustion, m'kay?

Check out 17 Touristy Things Every New Yorker Needs to Cross Off Their Bucket List ASAP.

[via businessinsider.com]

Here's the Perfect Tourist Trap Map to Exhaust Those Out-of-Town Guests This Summer in NYC

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