Palisades Interstate Park — New Jersey Section

The Long Path and Shore Trail through Palisades Interstate Park trace the Palisades cliff face from the George Washington Bridge northward. The terrain the Hessians scaled on November 20, 1776 — guided by Loyalist Abraham Polhemus up an unmarked path — is accessible on foot. The park preserves the basalt cliff environment essentially unchanged from 1776, making it the most direct way to understand why Washington believed the Palisades were a defensible western flank for the Hudson River position.