Palisades Interstate Park
New Jersey Section
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
New Jersey Headquarters:
P.O. Box 155 • Alpine, New Jersey 07620-0155
Voice: 201 768-1360 • Fax: 201 767-3842
mail@njpalisades.orgClick here for individual staff contact information.
“Home” page was last updated on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
Recently in the NJ Section...
Above: Indian pipe, rough-fruited cinquefoil, and common milkweed bloomed along the Palisades (click here for more about these plants and to learn what else is in bloom this week). Below: The Kearney House during “River Day” in June 2009, as a flotilla of historic vessels sailed up the river to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage in 1609 (the 46-star flag is from 1909—and was flown in New York City during that year’s “Hudson–Fulton” event; see “’o9”).
Did you know…?
We now offer staff-led guided hikes for school and scout groups—click here for details.
You can sign up for our emailing list to receive updates about the NJ Section.
We have selected featured stories from Cliff Notes, our bimonthly visitor’s letter, posted here, as well as the current story, “Fly Away.”
Your group can book our popular slide lecture, “The Unknown Palisades: A Slideshow through Time,” or one of our other informative lecture programs. Click here for details.
Who We Are
Located in northeastern Bergen County, New Jersey, we are part of the more than 100,000 acres of parklands and historic sites managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. (For information about the parklands and historic sites managed by the Commission in New York State, please click here.) The land in the NJ Section was the first that the Commission acquired after its creation in 1900 by the states of New York and New Jersey. The Commission had been formed to prevent the defacement of the famous Palisades of the Hudson by a handful of large stone quarries then in operation.
The land in the NJ Section is...
…about 12 miles long and half-a-mile wide at its widest, with 2,500 acres of wild Hudson River shorefront and uplands, including some of the most impressive sections of the Palisades.
The Palisades have been designated a National Natural Landmark, the Palisades Interstate Park a National Historic Landmark. Both the Long Path and the Shore Trail have been designated National Recreation Trails.
Within this land you will find...
30 miles of hiking trails—two public boat basins—a boat launching ramp—four riverfront picnic areas—a scenic riverside drive—a cliff-top parkway with three scenic overlooks—a nature sanctuary—historic sites—and mile after mile of rugged woodlands and vistas just minutes from midtown Manhattan.
Thanks to the efforts of far-thinking people over a century ago, the Palisades today belong to all of us. These pages were created to help you and others enjoy the tall cliffs of the Hudson and all they offer.
Links to pages outside the njpalisades.org domain are provided when we think such pages will be of interest to visitors and friends of the NJ Section of the Palisades Interstate Park. We cannot verify the accuracy of information or be responsible for the quality of content displayed on pages with URLs outside the njpalisades.org domain.
Palisades
Interstate Park • NJ Section
P.O. Box 155 • Alpine, New Jersey 07620
201 768-1360 (voice) • 201 767-3842 (fax)
mail@njpalisades.org
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Palisades Interstate
Park Commission