The Palisades of the Hudson
Trails
Scenic Byway
Henry Hudson Drive Palisades Interstate Parkway
Picnic Areas
Ross Dock Picnic Area Englewood Picnic Area Undercliff Picnic Area Alpine Picnic Area
Overlook Areas
Allison Park State Line Lookout
Historic Sites
Fort Lee Historic Park The Kearney House Women’s Federation Monument
Hazard’s Boat Ramp
Greenbrook Sanctuary
Park Headquarters
PARK MAP (pdf)
Hiking
Picnics + Grilling
Cycling
Boating + Paddling
Fishing + Crabbing
Park Programs + Calendar
Nature
History
PARK MAP (pdf)

Dedicated in 1909 as the first component of the parklands administered by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey is about twelve miles long and half a mile wide, with 2,500 acres of wild Hudson River shorefront, uplands, and cliffs — just minutes from midtown Manhattan!

No other city of the first class in the world has such a park at its threshold. The Commission has succeeded in an extraordinary degree in preserving the wonderful scenic beauty and yet make it primarily and emphatically a people’s park.
   Theodore Roosevelt

In the 1890s, massive stone quarries used dynamite to blast the Palisades for crushed stone that could be sold for building railroads and other industrial uses. There was a real fear that the beauty of the scenery would be lost forever.
The people of the states of New York and New Jersey pushed their governments to create a unique agency to protect the land.
Photos courtesy of the Lamb family | PIPC archives.
For over a century, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission has preserved this irreplaceable scenery for the people of New Jersey and New York — and the world!
Photo: Anthony Taranto.