Palisades Interstate Park
Picture Point–Long Viewpoint, 10 beaches
6.8 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Picture Point–Long Viewpoint, 10 beaches is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The route passes Bloomer Beach, Undercliff Beach, Palisades and 5 more before reaching Picture Point at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 789 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Picture Point–Long Viewpoint, 10 beaches
6.8 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 21–433 ft
Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park
Trailhead: Dyckman Hill Trail · 40.87671, -73.94728
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dyckman Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Bloomer Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Path, heading NE.
- 0.9 miPass Undercliff Beach.
- 50 ftPass Palisades.
- 50 ftPass Palisades Interstate Park Beach.
- 150 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
- 150 ftPass Canoe Beach.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Green Brook Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftPass Greenbrook Pond.
- 0.4 miReach Picture Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Long Path, heading S.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Dyckman Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Dyckman Hill Trail Trailhead
- Shore Trail (white) 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Arboretum Point–Long Viewpoint, 9 beaches 5.7 mi · ▲ 638 ft
- Greenbrook Falls–Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint, 12 beaches 6.9 mi · ▲ 721 ft
- Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 11 beaches 7.2 mi · ▲ 765 ft
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