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Built and maintained by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, it is a predecessor to the Palisades Interstate Parkway, located to the west of it, and while it has been very much superseded by the Parkway, the Drive is still open and used as a scenic road for New York City, Yonkers, and Washington Heights across the river.
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.
North of Fort Lee, the Palisades are part of Palisades Interstate Park and are a National Natural Landmark. [2] The Palisades are among the most dramatic geologic features in the vicinity of New York City, forming a canyon of the Hudson north of the George Washington Bridge, as well as providing a vista of the Manhattan skyline.
Palisades Interstate Park. 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 ...
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.
Palisades Interstate Park Commission, joint New York and New Jersey commission to oversee parks along the Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River Palisades Interstate Parkway , highway running north from the George Washington Bridge in Bergen County, New Jersey to Rockland County and Orange County in the state of New York
The Palisades, a spectacular wall of cliffs located in Palisades Interstate Park, is a place to hike, bike, picnic, birdwatch or fish in the Hudson River - so close to New York City that Devil’s ...