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The Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) is a 38.25-mile (61.56 km) controlled-access parkway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.The parkway is a major commuter route into New York City from Rockland and Orange counties in New York and Bergen County in New Jersey.
At 12 miles long and 2,500 acres in size along the Hudson River, Palisades Interstate Park offers more than 30 miles of trails lined with bright fall foliage during the fall season.
CR 106 in Orange County was decommissioned on January 1, 2014, when maintenance of the road was transferred to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Much of CR 106 was mountainous, with peaks reaching as high as 1,200 feet (370 m). The road is also very scenic, passing many hiking trails in Harriman State Park as well as several lakes.
In 1933–34, the first thoughts of a Palisades Interstate Parkway were developed by engineer and environmentalist William A. Welch, who was general manager and chief engineer of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. The plan was to build a parkway to connect the New Jersey Palisades with the state parks along the Hudson River in Rockland ...
Bristol Beach State Park: Palisades: Ulster: 134 acres (54 ha) 1967 [40] 10,613: Hudson River: Undeveloped. Managed in conjunction with the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. [40] Brookhaven State Park: Long Island: Suffolk: 1,638 acres (663 ha) 1971: Protects a large area of the Long Island Pine Barrens and contains scattered wetlands. [41 ...
Included within the park is the 256-acre (1.04 km 2) Rockland Lake. [2] Development of the park as part of the Palisades Interstate Park system began in 1958. Rockland Lake State Park is functionally part of a continuous complex of parks that also includes Hook Mountain State Park, Nyack Beach State Park, and Haverstraw Beach State Park. [2]
Haverstraw Beach State Park is a 73-acre (0.30 km 2) state park located in the Haverstraw, New York.The park is included within the Palisades Interstate Park system [2] and is functionally part of a continuous complex of parks that also includes Rockland Lake State Park, Hook Mountain State Park, and Nyack Beach State Park.
Its northern end is in Palisades Interstate Park, allowing users to continue along the river bank and alpine paths to the New Jersey/New York state line and beyond. (A connection to the Long Path, a 330-mile (530 km) hiking trail with terminus near Albany, is feasible.)