Palisades Interstate Park

Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches

4.2 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The route passes Palisades Interstate Park Beach, Canoe Beach, Patriot's Leap and Greenbrook Pond before reaching Picture Point at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 394 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi312 – 433 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 40.89243, -73.94119
Nearest town Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Directions

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Picture Point–Patriot's Leap, 5 beaches

4.2 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 311–433 ft

Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park

Trailhead: Long Path · 40.89243, -73.94119

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Long Path, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Palisades Interstate Park Beach.
  3. 50 ftPass Canoe Beach.
  4. 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftPass Patriot's Leap.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Green Brook Road, heading N.
  9. 500 ftPass Greenbrook Pond.
  10. 0.4 miReach Picture Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 500 ftTurn left onto Long Path, heading SE.
  15. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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