Palisades Interstate Park
Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 4 viewpoints
7.2 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 4 viewpoints is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Kings Woods, NJ. The route passes Huylers Beach, Patriot's Leap and Greenbrook Pond before reaching Picture Point at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 737 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 4 viewpoints
7.2 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation -5–421 ft
Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park
Trailhead: Shore Trail · 40.94405, -73.91924
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Shore Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Huylers Beach.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Long Path, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Green Brook Road, heading N.
- 450 ftPass Greenbrook Pond.
- 0.4 miReach Picture Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Long Path, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Shore Trail, heading E.
- 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Shore Trail Trailhead
- Arboretum Point–Patriot's Leap, 3 viewpoints 6.1 mi · ▲ 717 ft
- Huylers Beach–Bloomer Beach, 3 beaches 9.3 mi · ▲ 155 ft
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