Palisades Interstate Park
Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches
4.5 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The route passes Canoe Beach, Patriot's Leap, Greenbrook Pond and Huylers Beach before reaching Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 370 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches
4.5 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 301–433 ft
Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park
Trailhead: Long Path · 40.89400, -73.94084
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Long Path, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Canoe Beach.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Green Brook Road, heading NE.
- 500 ftPass Greenbrook Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Huylers Beach.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftReach Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Long Path, heading S.
- 1.2 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 Falls–Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, 8 beaches 4.4 mi · ▲ 326 ft
- Long Viewpoint–Huylers Beach, 4 beaches 5.9 mi · ▲ 812 ft
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