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Liberty to Freedom Swim Double
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Liberty to Freedom Swim Double

New York City, New York, United States View on map
Sep 19, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Swimming

About this race

Experience Requirement: The Liberty to Freedom Swim Double is a challenging open water event, involving a Hudson River channel crossing in typically choppy conditions. All participants must provide proof of recent, comparable open water swim experience, and must swim at a pace of 25 minutes per mile or faster.

Location: Between Manhattan and Liberty Island

Distance: 4.4 Miles | 7 Kilometers

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Swimming

Liberty to Freedom Swim Double

Swimmers will board motorboats at North Cove Marina, enter the water at South Cove Marina, swim to the Statue of Liberty, and return by motorboat.

Sep 19, 2026 3.5K 10:30 AM
$500.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New York City, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 16.3° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 25.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 16.3° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 26.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.4
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
0.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
70.5%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 19, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 19, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 17m

The sun rises at 6:40 AM and sets at 6:58 PM local time (EDT) in New York City on September 19, 2026 — 12h 17m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Liberty to Freedom Swim Double

Liberty to Freedom Swim Double · 3 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Liberty to Freedom Swim Double
Place Name Time Pace
1 Ryan Harrell 1:59:10 29:48 /mi
2 Dan Daly 2:00:26 30:07 /mi
3 Paul Edick 2:03:42 30:56 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 129 New York City events

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