The Balto stature has a line near it of people waiting to take their pictures with it. It is a cute statue dedicated to sled dogs in 1925 that delivered medicine in Nome Alaska. And it is a cultural attraction, based on all the people...More

We were on our way to a concert when we passed this statue. It is fun, beautiful and a great photo op. If you have you do kids have them watch the movie first. It is a good cartoon that explains Baltos importance.

While on a guided bicycle/cart tour of Central Park, our guide pointed out this statue from a distance and told us it was a tribute to the wonderful sled dogs in Alaska that braved the terrible weather, ice, and snow to bring the antitoxin medicine...More

The Balto Statue is dedicated to the most famous dog of his era. The Siberian Huskey Balto who lead a team of sled dogs to Nome Alaska to deliver medicine that saved countless lives and became a national hero. His statue can be found in...More

This is a statue in the central park.You will see it on your Central park tour.A good photo opportunity.

I can't say i meant to visit this statue, rather came across it whilst walking through Central Park. I think its great to have statue's like this dotted throughout the park and its great to admire and take photographs with should you come across it...More

Of the monuments I enjoy seeing in Central Park is the Balto Statue just before the Willowdell Arch bridge. Sculpted by Frederick George Richard Roth and erected in 1925, here you see a bronze of a Siberian Husky called Balto, who famously led a dog...More