Bergen County, New Jersey
Palisades Interstate Park — New Jersey
Across from New York City, the Palisades look timeless. They are not. This mixed driving-and-walking guide follows Revolutionary Fort Lee, river settlements, quarry scars, women's civic activism, private philanthropy, New Deal infrastructure and the dramatic cliffs themselves to explain how a threatened industrial landscape became one of America's most influential interstate parks.
Stories in Palisades Interstate Park — New Jersey
- Fort Lee: The Retreat That Saved an Army
- Hazard’s Dock: Under the Bridge, Before the Bridge
- Ross Dock: The Cliffs Were a Business
- Englewood Shore: The River Villages the Park Absorbed
- Rockefeller Lookout: The Famous Origin Story Is Wrong
- Alpine Lookout: Preserving a Skyline, Not Just a Cliff
- Park Headquarters: Conservation Becomes Government
- Kearney House: A Tavern at the End of the Road
- Alpine Landing: The Park Opens—and Soldiers Depart
- Women’s Federation Monument: Saving the Cliffs Before Women Could Vote
- State Line Lookout: The New Deal Builds the View
- Peanut Leap: The Cliffs Are Still Falling