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Palisades Interstate Park

Tenafly Nature Center–The Palisades, 5 beaches

5.2 mi · ▲ 808 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Tenafly Nature Center–The Palisades, 5 beaches is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Palisades Interstate Park near Kings Woods, NJ. The route passes The Palisades, Long Viewpoint, Huylers Beach and Tenafly Nature Center. It climbs 808 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 40.95270, -73.92086
Nearest town Kings Woods, NJ
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Tenafly Nature Center–The Palisades, 5 beaches

5.2 mi · ▲ 808 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 12–453 ft

Out & Back · Palisades Interstate Park

Trailhead: Long Path · 40.95270, -73.92086

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Long Path, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Closter Dock Trail / Long Path, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass The Palisades.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
  8. 0.8 miPass Huylers Beach.
  9. 50 ftPass Tenafly Nature Center.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Huyler’s Landing Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miReach Tenafly Nature Center, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading W.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Closter Dock Trail / Long Path, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left onto Long Path, heading N.
  17. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tenafly-nature-center-the-palisades-out-back-5-beaches

Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 2 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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