Palisades Interstate Park
Long Viewpoint via Long Path
2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 53 min
Long Viewpoint via Long Path is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Kings Woods, NJ. The route passes Long Viewpoint before reaching Long Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Viewpoint via Long Path
2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 53 min
Elevation 376–453 ft
Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park
Trailhead: Closter Dock Trail · 40.94758, -73.92305
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start on Closter Dock Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Long Path, heading S.
- 0.9 miPass Long Viewpoint.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Long Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Closter Dock Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.
More from Closter Dock Trail Trailhead
- Long Viewpoint–The Palisades Loop, 4 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 692 ft
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