Palisades Interstate Park
Greenbrook Falls–Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, 8 beaches
4.4 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Greenbrook Falls–Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, 8 beaches is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The route passes Long Viewpoint, Palisades Interstate Park Beach, Canoe Beach and 4 more before reaching Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 326 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Greenbrook Falls–Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, 8 beaches
4.4 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 286–433 ft
Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park
Trailhead: Long Path · 40.89205, -73.94148
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Palisades Interstate Park Beach.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading NE.
- 100 ftPass Canoe Beach.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Green Brook Road, heading N.
- 500 ftPass Greenbrook Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Huylers Beach.
- 50 ftPass Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Greenbrook Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Long Path, heading SE.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Long Path Trailhead
- Long Viewpoint–Palisades, 6 beaches 2 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Long Viewpoint–Palisades, 6 beaches 2 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Arboretum Point–Long Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints 3.1 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches 4.5 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Long Viewpoint–Huylers Beach, 4 beaches 5.9 mi · ▲ 812 ft
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