“Along the Cliff Top”
Above, the southern park entrance at the Edgewater-Fort Lee border, the start of Henry Hudson Drive and the Shore Trail.
Above, the Visitor Center; firing one of the fort’s cannons; Historic Park director John Muller with “recruits” at the site’s school program; the mortar battery, George Washington Bridge in background; looking south at Manhattan Island from the Historic Park.
Above, a hiking group at the the Historic Park’s northern overlook; the George Washington Bridge on a foggy day; early on a winter morning.
Above, view of the George Washington Bridge; Ross Dock Picnic Area from just north of the Bridge.
Above, the waterfall on the Dyckman Hill Trail (just beneath the Long Path).
Above, Rockefeller Lookout.
Above, the view near Huyler’s Landing Trail.
Above, Alpine Lookout.
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A black and yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) worked her web outside our Headquarters (note the house fly on which she is feeding in the last photograph).The Women’s Federation Monument:
Below, a new interpretive sign was placed at the Monument at the end of summer 2010, marking it as a part of the New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail (see “A Stop along the Long Path”).
Above, the entrance road in autumn.
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Above, Point Lookout at different seasons, elevation 532 feet above sea level and the highest point on the NJ Palisades.
Above, the accessible overlook; Lookout Inn.
Above, looking south from Point Lookout and a glimpse of the “Indian Profile.”
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Above, after the first snowfall of the season.
Above, park visitors enjoy the winter views and ski trails at State Line Lookout.
Above, a green frog perches on a skunk cabbage
leaf along the
Peanut Leap Cascade hike.
01/28/2012
2012 Area Information & Fee Schedule (.pdf file, 4 pages)
