"Cliff Notes" (Palisades Interstate Park

Cliff Notes

Visitor’s Letter for the New Jersey Section
of the Palisades Interstate Park
Information on this page current as of May 27, 2009

Begun in June 1998, every other month (monthly before July–August 1999) Cliff Notes has featured one or more stories about life—both human and wild—on the Palisades, as well as a listing of upcoming events and programs.

Some featured stories from past issues...

Fly Away
And Wrestled with the Glaciers
'09
"...A Cannon Ball or Two..."
Of Times & Tides
Another "Side" of Invasive Species
"Cliff Dale" - Part II
"Cliff Dale" - Part I
Major Armstrong's Tower
Snakes in a Park
Palisades Lit. 101
"Welcome to Lookout Inn"
Making a (Historic) House into a Home
Fishermen of the Sky
American v. American: The 1781 Battle of Fort Lee
The Rockslide That Wasn't
Remembering "America's Showplace"
Planting for the Future
Demystifying Greenbrook
Putting the Park on Paper
Ice - on the Rocks
Alphabet Soup
Chipmunks Ahoy!
Devil's Heads
Some Paint, Some Mortar, a Couple of Mops and a Bucket of Water
Turkey, Uncarved
The Making of a Hut
"Somewhere between here and Kingston"
Footnote
Meeting the "Reel" Ghosts
The March of the Forgotten
We oughta be in pictures...!
Stranger Than Weird
The Meaning of a Hut
Fighting for the Fort
Penlyn
The Three Ghosts of Forest View
Triassic Park
On His Lordship's Mysterious Ascent
Requiem for a Nut
The "Mystery" of the Beaches
Fire on the Mountain
The Perils of the Palisades

Current issues of Cliff Notes are available free at Fort Lee Historic Park, Park Headquarters, and State Line Lookout. The current featured story is always available here at njpalisades.org, too.

You can also sign up to receive the latest featured story by email. (Please note that our web edition has stories only—for upcoming events, check our Calendar of Events page.)

Cliff Notes is edited by the staff of the Kearney House.

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