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Palisades Interstate Park

Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 6 beaches

11.9 mi · ▲ 807 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 6 beaches is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The route passes Bloomer Beach, Huylers Beach, Patriot's Leap and Greenbrook Pond before reaching Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 807 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi-7 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 22%12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shore Trail 40.88114, -73.94503
Nearest town Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 6 beaches

11.9 mi · ▲ 807 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation -8–421 ft

Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park

Trailhead: Shore Trail · 40.88114, -73.94503

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shore Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Bloomer Beach.
  3. 3.4 miPass Huylers Beach.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Long Path, heading SW.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Green Brook Road, heading N.
  11. 350 ftPass Greenbrook Pond.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 100 ftReach Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  20. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  24. 500 ftTurn right onto Long Path, heading SE.
  25. 1.1 miSharp right onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Shore Trail, heading NE.
  28. 3.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/greenbrook-nature-sanctuary-viewpoint-patriots-leap-out-back-7-beaches

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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