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Full Hike: Towering Cliffs Like Trees Along the Hudson (Palisades Interstate Park, NJ/NY)

Old Route 9W—suspended in a semi-unkempt existence—meanders the northern portion of Palisades Interstate Park. Long gone are commuters on horses and wagons. Even that most ubiquitous modern people-mover creation is banished: the personal automobile. Now, only humans, their furry companions, and local wildlife populate the old Boulevard. They gather at the State Line Lookout for views spanning two states. Keen eyes might make out hikers navigating the unforgiving Giant Stairs of the Shore Trail, 520 feet below the Lookout. The hikers are in New Jersey, on the Hudson River western shore. Looking east over the brackish river presents views of New York State: far north beyond the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and south into the skyline of Manhattan. Occasionally, bald eagles and ospreys punctuate the scene by riding updrafts from the sun-heated cliffs. Ambitious explorers can deviate from Old Route 9W to follow the Long Path down the Palisades Cliffs, and loop back up to the starting Lookout area using the Shore/Forest View Trails. Main features on the 4-mile journey included a border monument, musical cascade, ruins, boulder hopping, meadow, and interstate travel. When water is flowing, people often hear the Peanut Leap Cascade long before its sighting. The ruins and vine-covered meadow have interesting histories that are slowly being erased by time and nature. Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uXfW1PR5g9q... Route: Long Path-Shore Trail-Forest View Trail Type: Loop Distance: 4 mi. Elevation Loss: 520 ft. Location: Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey/New York, USA Date/Time: 2019-08-26 09:20 My Thoughts: The Palisades and adjoining grounds feel like an isolated pocket of exploration surrounded by industry and civilization. One almost feels lost among deep wilderness. Leaving the Old Route 9W behind is entering an alternate space, a shifted timeline. Aside from obvious exhibits such as the Cascade and Giant Stairs, I was fascinated by the ruins and relaxing meadow overrun with a thick vine carpet. What was once a garden that hosted great parties is now graffiti-covered scatterings of stone architecture. Farther south, mowed lawns and playground have disappeared under what I suspect is invasive porcelain berry or some other grapevines. If camping were allowed, either would be prime candidate. The Giant Stairs were an indisputable struggle. Unfit and/or less-agile hikers should be extra cautious. Harder sections were toward the southern terminus. However, ascending 520 feet in 0.3 mile, on the Forest View Trail, took the cake. It reminded me of the Blue Hills in Boston, Massachusetts or insane slopes of the Fundy Footpath in Canada. #Hiking