Palisades Parks Conservancy website

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.org

Click here for individual staff contact information.

“Home” page was last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Who We Are

"Along the Cliff Top" (Photo Album)    "Along the Riverfront" (Photo Album)    "Programs and Events in the Park" (Photo Album)    "Historic Images of the Palisades" (Photo Album)

Shore Trail CLOSED across the Giant Stairs due to a major rockslide. Trail is unsafe and will remain closed until further notice pending stabilization.

Did you know…?

Open/Closed in the NJ Section

Upcoming Programs & Events in the NJ Section…

Saturday, May 19

Hikes for Dogs: “Cape Fly Away”    Guided hike for dogs (and their owners!) with Christina Fehre. Meet 10 am at the entrance to Alpine Boat Basin & Picnic Area (Alpine entrance/PIP Exit 2). About 3.5 mi., 2 hrs., easy+. $5 parking. Dogs must be leashed. For more information: 201 768-1360 ext. 110.

Photo: Anthony G. Taranto Jr.

Sunday, May 20

“The Giant Stairs” hike canceled due to major rockslide across trail.

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“Visitor's Day”    Open-house event for non-members to visit Greenbrook Sanctuary, 12 noon–4 pm (U.S. Route 9W in Tenafly). Free. For more information: 201 784-0484.

Photo: Kenneth Habermann

"Camp Palisades" is back this summer!
Two 1-week sessions in August!
(Click to download the 2012 registration form, 3 pages, .pdf file.)

"Camp Palisades 2012" flyer (.pdf file)

Lots more coming up—click to go to our "Calendar" page.

"The Rider's Companion"
…coming by public transportation…?

Open/Closed in the NJ Section
as of Tuesday, May 15, 2012
subject to change without notice

Administration
(Park Headquarters)
Police Desk staffed at all times: 201 768-6001

Administrative and Court offices open weekdays, 8:30 am–4:30 pm except on NJ State holidays.

Park Administration: 201 768-1360

Parkway Police Court: 201 768-8702

 Boat Basins Alpine Boat Basin fuel dock: MonThu: 9 am4:30 pm. FriSun: 9 am5:30 pm.

Englewood Boat Basin: Please call J. M. Englewood Marina, LLC, for hours: 201 943-6030 / 201 568-1328

 Fort Lee Historic Park Grounds: Open 8 am–dusk.

Visitor Center: Open Wed. – Sun., 10 am – 4:45 pm (closed Mon. & Tue.). Phone: 201 461-1776.

 Hazard’s Dock Boat Ramp

Open daylight hours, conditions permitting.

 Henry Hudson Drive

Open daylight hours, conditions permitting.

 Kearney House Open weekend and holiday afternoons, 125 pm (depending on staff availability).
 Palisades Interstate Parkway (NJ Section) Open 24 hrs., 50 mph, conditions permitting.
 Overlooks Allison Park: Open daylight hours.

Alpine and Rockefeller Lookouts: Open 24 hrs., conditions permitting.

State Line Lookout grounds: Open daylight hours; Lookout Inn: Open 9:30 am – 5 pm. Phone: 201 750-0465.

Women’s Federation Monument: Open daylight hours (trail access only).

 Picnic Areas Open daylight hours.
 Trails Open daylight hours.

Shore Trail CLOSED across the Giant Stairs due to major rockslide. Trail is unsafe and will remain closed until further notice pending stabilization.

Photo: Tom Williams

Click here to sign up to receive updates on emergency situations by email (long-term trail and road closures, fire bans, and similar situations).

2012 Area Information & Fee Schedule (4 pages, .pdf file)
2012 Area Information & Fee Schedule (.pdf file, 4 pages)

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Recently in the NJ Section…

Photo: Anthony Taranto    Photo: Anthony Taranto    Photo: Anthony Taranto    Photo: Anthony Taranto
We celebrated "Springtide at the Old Closter Dock" with a fish bake, a barn dance, river seining, and more. Click here to see more photos of this event (photos by Anthony Taranto).

MAYAPPLE  (Podophyllum peltatum). Photo: Ken Habermann.    GOLDEN RAGWORT  (Senecio aureus). Photo: Ken Habermann.    PINKSTER AZALEA  (Rhododendron periclymenoides). Photo: Ken Habermann.
Mayapple, golden ragwort, and pinkster azalea bloomed along the Palisades.
Click to learn more about these plants and to see what else is in bloom now.

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Did you know…?

We offer staff-led guided hikes for school and scout groups—click for details.

You can sign up for our emailing list to receive updates about the NJ Section by email.

We post featured stories from Cliff Notes, our bimonthly visitor’s letter—including the most recent story, "Back When Manhattanville Seemed Lonely"—here at njpalisades.org.

Current issue of "Cliff Notes" (.pdf file, 2 pages)
Click here to download the print version of the current issue of Cliff Notes
(2 pages, includes upcoming events, .pdf file).

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.

A New Deal for the Palisades, a half-hour video featuring rare film footage of the Palisades from the 1930s and 40s, is now available in both DVD and VHS formats (click to learn more).

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Who We Are

Located in northeastern Bergen County, New Jersey, we are part of 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. The Commission was formed by the states of New York and New Jersey  to prevent the destruction of the famous Palisades of the Hudson by several large stone quarries then in operation.

Click here to visit the Palisades Parks Conservancy’s website for more information about all the parklands and historic sites managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.

The land in the NJ Section is...

… about 12 miles long and a half-mile wide, 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 riverfront picnic areas a scenic riverside drive a cliff-top Parkway scenic overlooks two public boat basins a boat launching ramp 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.

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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