The Best Outdoor Shop in NYC

New York City's outdoor retail options are shrinking. REI is closing its only NYC location, leaving a real gap in this city's camping, hiking, and adventure travel community. Paragon Sports is going the other direction.

We are expanding our outdoor department — more gear, more brands, more specialists on the floor — because this city deserves a world-class outdoor destination. Whether you're car camping upstate, hiking the Adirondacks, or packing for a six-month trip around the world, this is where New Yorkers go to get it right.

Founded in 1908 and located at 867 Broadway in the heart of Manhattan, Paragon Sports has served New York City's outdoor community for over a century. The best outdoor shop in New York City isn't a new idea for us. It's what we've always been. And right now, we're building it out further than ever.

Whether you've never slept outside a night in your life or you're prepping for a serious backcountry expedition, this is the place. Come in ready to talk about your trip. Leave with everything you need.

Outdoor gear shouldn't be split across five different stores. At Paragon, it isn't.

Camping. Tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, camp furniture, cookware, and everything you need for a weekend upstate or a week off the grid.

Hiking. Trekking poles, hiking footwear, daypacks, hydration systems, and the layering pieces that actually hold up on the trail, whether you're doing a day hike in the Hudson Valley or something far more ambitious.

Adventure Travel. Travel packs, duffels, packing systems, and gear built for the kind of trip where you're living out of a bag for weeks at a time, across multiple countries, climates, and modes of transportation.

Most New Yorkers planning a trip need pieces from all three categories. We've built the department so you can walk in once and walk out completely outfitted, no matter what kind of outdoor trip you're planning.

The right pack changes everything. The wrong one ruins a trip before it starts, whether that trip is a weekend camp or a round-the-world journey.

Paragon Sports offers expert backpack fittings for campers, hikers, and travelers at every level. We measure your torso, talk through your trip — the terrain, the load, the duration, the mode of travel — and dial in the fit from the hip belt up. We put weight in the bag and watch how you carry it. We adjust until it's right. Then we make a recommendation you can trust.

This is the kind of service you can't get online. It takes time, expertise, and genuine attention to the individual standing in front of you. That's exactly what the best outdoor shop in New York City provides.

A weekend overnight, a long-distance trail, or six months backpacking through three continents — the fitting process is the same. We get it right every time.

The staff in our outdoor department actually camp, hike, and travel. They've slept in the Catskills and the Adirondacks. They've packed for long trips abroad and know exactly what fails halfway through a trip and what holds up. They take hiking and camping trips as part of working here, because that's how you build real expertise.

Never camped before? Planning your first big hike? Headed out on a long-term trip and not sure where to start? We'll walk you through what you actually need without overwhelming you. You'll leave prepared and confident. Planning something more serious — a through-hike, a multi-country itinerary, an international expedition? Bring the details. Our staff can speak to gear specs, layering systems, permit logistics, and trip planning at a serious level.

No script. No upsell. Just people who know what they're talking about and want to make sure your trip goes well.

Gear is only part of the equation. Paragon carries camping food so you can outfit your entire trip in one stop. Lightweight, calorie-dense, and built for the field — freeze-dried meals, trail snacks, and energy nutrition that serious campers and hikers actually rely on.

Gear, pack, food. One store. Walk out ready.

Our expanded outdoor department carries the gear that performs when it matters, whether you're camping, hiking, or traveling. Tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, headlamps, trekking poles, cookware, hydration systems, camp furniture, travel packs, base layers, insulation, and technical outerwear — from the brands that have earned their place in serious adventurers' kits.

We carry The North Face, Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Osprey, Gregory, CamelBak, MSR, Nemo, Helinox, Yeti, Kelty, Black Diamond, and more.

That's not a lifestyle edit. That's a real outdoor department built to handle everything from a weekend car camp to a serious backcountry trip to a months-long trip overseas.

Over a century of serving this city. An outdoor department that's growing, not shrinking. Staff who camp, hike, and travel on their own time. Expert backpack fittings done right. A brand lineup that covers every level of outdoor ambition, from a first overnight to a serious expedition.

There is no other outdoor shop in New York City that brings camping, hiking, and adventure travel together under one roof with this level of expertise. Specialty has always been what separates Paragon from the rest. It's not just that we carry the gear — it's that we know how to use it, know how to fit it, and know how to match it to the person standing in front of us.

We're here. We're expanding. And we're not going anywhere.