Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty National Monument (Liberty Island) / Ellis Island

Take the official ferry to stand under the statue, then on to the immigration museum

⚠ Book the crown 3 months out

Hours

Ferry times change by season; check the official timetable

Tickets

Ferry and island access: 13+ $26, ages 4–12 $17, 62+ $23, under 4 free. Pedestal or crown access +$0.30 each (limited). Book on the Statue City Cruises site or app; the only on-site ticket office is inside Castle Clinton in Battery Park

Address

Ferries leave from Castle Clinton in Battery Park at the tip of Manhattan (also from Liberty State Park, New Jersey); the statue stands on Liberty Island

From Manhattan the green statue is a speck; it grows as the ferry closes in, and from the foot of it on Liberty Island the torch looks impossibly far up. Climb to the pedestal and Lower Manhattan's towers line up across the water. The same ticket continues to Ellis Island, where the great hall that processed millions of immigrants in the early 1900s still stands, along with piles of their battered trunks. Seeing both islands takes half a day.