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ADVISORY
“Giant Stairs” hike/rock scramble Parkway Police Desk is staffed at all times:

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is recommended for experienced
hikers only. Do not attempt when
201-768-6001 – In an emergency, call the
conditions are wet or icy. Parkway Police before calling 9-1-1.
ALLOW FOR AMPLE DAYLIGHT
A
Boating

Hastings-on-Hudson
TO COMPLETE YOUR ENTIRE
HIKE ROUTE!

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Trailer-pulled jet skis & boats up to 24 feet
B
long can be launched at Hazard’s Ramp
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Forest
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View (closed during winter months).
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Exit el 515 ft Forest View Trail (blue-and-white) Car-top boats (kayaks & canoes) can be
Camp Alpine
(GNYC) 3 (SB) launched year-round at the beaches at Engle-
WOMEN’S
FEDERATION wood & Alpine Picnic Areas.
MONUMENT
Cycling is allowed on Henry Hudson Drive and
Old Route 9W. Cycling is not allowed on any
trail, paved pathway, or Dyckman Hill Road
(Englewood Cliffs park entrance). Cyclists
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must wear helmets and stay right, and groups
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Point must ride single file and obey all traffic and
park regulations.
Fishing & Crabbing are allowed along the Hudson
South

River shore throughout the park. Licenses are

not required, but visitors must comply with
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Camp Alpine
all NJ DEP regulations, such as limit and size
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(PIPC)
restrictions, and should follow advisories for
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“Man-in-the-Rock” pillar what is safe to eat.

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Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am - 4:45 pm.
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For school group information, please call

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Bergen County Twombly’s 201-461-1776.

Department of Parks
Grey
Landing
Greenbrook Sanctuary is open to members
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EXCELSIOR
of Palisades Nature Association. PNA
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PICNIC AREA membership is available to all – learn more at

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Hiking & Skiing
Alpine Entrance
Alpine Approach Road
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ve Dock Hiking trails are marked with colored
rectangular blazes. Both the riverfront Shore
Exit
Trail and the cliff-top Long Path traverse the
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PARK length of the park. Five connecting trails and
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both ends of the Shore Trail link shoreline to
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Cape Fly Administrative Offices Over 5 miles of cross-country ski trails,
Parkway Police
Away
Police Court marked A–F, are accessible at State Line
Many first-time Palisades hikers are Lookout (these trails are open to hikers year-
surprised at how rugged our trails can Closter Dock Trail (orange) round). Skiing is also allowed on the regular
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get. Please be prepared! hiking trails, but skiers should scout these
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Hikers and skiers can find route descriptions,
YONKERS

To C oad ALPINE PICNIC

going and when you expect to be
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back. This is just good hiking sense, tips, and more at [Link].
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no matter where you go. The Kearney House (park history house) is
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Alpine Boat Basin

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• Bring plenty of water – and drink (independently operated) open from May through October on most
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Alpine
it as you go. Some basic first aid Grove weekend and holiday afternoons and for
supplies are always a good idea, Hillside Avenue special events.
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too, as are some snacks. To Cresskill

Pets, where allowed, must be leashed at all
HUDSON RIVER

• Wear sturdy shoes that are times. Please clean up after your pet.
designed for hiking.
Picnics & Barbecues
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• Dress or pack for all possible

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Picnicking is allowed throughout the park –

weather conditions forecast for the trail areas are “carry-in, carry-out.”
day. Layers are the wisest way to
Barbecues are allowed only at the park’s
Hudson

dress for the outdoors – you can

riverfront Picnic Areas. Waste receptacles
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uth
U.S. Route 9W

add or remove as you go. We also

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recommend long-sleeved clothing, and some grills are provided, or visitors may
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even in warmer weather. Poison bring their own grills (do not place grills on
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tables). Campfires are not allowed.

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The Esp
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ALPINE
are common. Long clothing with LOOKOUT For group picnic information, please go to
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Palisades In

a spray of repellant at the cuffs is [Link]/permits.

Palisades

your best defense. Special Events & Public Programs are held
throughout the year and are open to all at
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Huyler’s
Landing no or minimal cost – for a full listing, please
Huyler’s Landing Trail (red) go to [Link]/programs.
el 420 ft State Line Lookout “Lookout Inn” refreshment
stand is open 9:30 am - 5 pm. Call to confirm:
LONG PATH (aqua) SHORE TRAIL (white)
Follows top of Palisades Follows shoreline 201-750-0465.
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Pfister’s TENA Monta Park visitors are required to follow all regulations
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Pond oad North Brook for the use of PIPC parklands, as well as regulations
Greenbrook posted within the park. Visitors can find a full listing
Tenafly Green Brook
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Center Green
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Inwood Hill

Hill Road was badly

damaged during
Englewood Cliffs Entrance el 320 ft is part of more than 100,000 acres
Dyckman Hill Road Playground
of parks and historic sites that the
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Hurricane Ida in 2021

Hudson Terra

Cyclists must dismount on Dyckman Hill!

Englewood Boat Basin
and in subsequent storm
(independently operated)
Dyckman Hill Trail (yellow) Palisades Interstate Park Commission
events. Reconstruction manages for New York and New
Sisters of
is ongoing, but the road St. Joseph Jersey. The two states formed the
remains closed at the time Cha of Peace
of the publication of this
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Commission in 1900 to stop the
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map (summer 2024). Englewood destruction of the Palisades by stone
The Cloisters

Grove
Dyckman Hill Trail quarries, which were blasting the
(yellow) remains open. el 340 ft
ALLISON PARK
famous cliffs for crushed stone.
The New Jersey Park is about 12
Revised Summer 2024

Pine miles long and half a mile wide, with

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2,500 acres of wild Hudson River
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GAS STATIONS shorefront, uplands, and cliffs.

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Playground
riverside drive, a cliff-top parkway
and overlooks, riverfront picnic
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areas and playgrounds, a nature

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Carpenter’s Trail (blue)

sanctuary, historic sites and markers
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Linwood Park
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Carpenter’s
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from midtown Manhattan!

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Brid Access via GWB Northwalk
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Routes 4, 46 & I-80 Long Path continues
The Palisades Interstate Park is a
I-95 north to NYC, New England
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Bridge Plaza South

HAZARD’S RAMP
(Public Boat Launch)
National Historic Landmark.
Washington Heights

(Bruce Reynolds Boulevard)

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Trailer parking for boat
launch only The Palisades Cliffs are a National
Natural Landmark.
90 ft
Main Street DuPont
Dock FORT LEE
SHORE TRAIL (white)
Edgewater Entrance
HISTORIC PARK
Visitor Center
The Long Path and the Shore Trail
Henry Hudson Drive
60
ft
Historical Exhibits are National Recreation Trails.
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