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Palisades Interstate Park

Tenafly Nature Center–The Palisades, 11 beaches

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Tenafly Nature Center–The Palisades, 11 beaches is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Kings Woods, NJ. The route passes The Palisades, Long Viewpoint, Huylers Beach and 6 more before reaching Bloomer Beach at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,351 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.94684, -73.91889
Nearest town Kings Woods, NJ
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Tenafly Nature Center–The Palisades, 11 beaches

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Elevation 2–453 ft

Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park

Trailhead: 40.94684, -73.91889

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 200 ftPass The Palisades.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Closter Dock Trail / Long Path, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miPass Long Viewpoint.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miPass Huylers Beach.
  12. 50 ftPass Tenafly Nature Center.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading SW.
  15. 2.4 miPass Canoe Beach.
  16. 50 ftPass Palisades Interstate Park Beach.
  17. 200 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
  18. 50 ftPass Undercliff Beach.
  19. 100 ftPass Palisades.
  20. 1 miPass Bloomer Beach.
  21. 200 ftReach Tenafly Nature Center, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 3.5 miContinue straight onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading N.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading N.
  24. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Closter Dock Trail / Long Path, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  27. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tenafly-nature-center-the-palisades-out-back-13-beaches

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.4 mi in (~156 min). Leave by 4:28 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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