Palisades Interstate Park
Long Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 8 beaches
5.8 mi · ▲ 702 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Long Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 8 beaches is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Dodgewood, NY. The route passes Patriot's Leap, Canoe Beach, Palisades Interstate Park Beach and 4 more. It climbs 702 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 8 beaches
5.8 mi · ▲ 702 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 21–433 ft
Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park
Trailhead: Green Brook Road · 40.91444, -73.93304
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Long Path, heading SE.
- 1.3 miPass Canoe Beach.
- 50 ftPass Palisades Interstate Park Beach.
- 200 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Undercliff Beach.
- 150 ftPass Palisades.
- 1 miPass Bloomer Beach.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Dyckman Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Long Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Path, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 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 2.2 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Green Brook Road Trailhead
- Picture Point–Arboretum Point Loop, 3 viewpoints 1.7 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Arboretum Point Loop, 4 viewpoints 2 mi · ▲ 177 ft
- Long Viewpoint–Patriot's Leap, 4 beaches 3.2 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Patriot's Leap–Huylers Beach, 4 beaches 10.5 mi · ▲ 682 ft
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