Trail Conference News: Revised edition of Hudson Palisades Trails map set published.

Some unknown early voyager up the Hudson River named thecliffs of the lower river the Palisades,probably because the giant pillars of traprock bore a likeness to some NativeAmerican palisaded villages.  The LenniLenape, who still survive in Northern New Jersey,called the cliffs "we-aw-ken," the middle syllable of which means "rocks thatlook like rows of trees." 

 

This unique geological formation begins at the Rahway Riverin New Jersey, crosses the western edge ofStaten Island, and continues north along the Hudson River into Rockland County. The cliffs are most prominent from Edgewater,New Jersey to Haverstraw, New York,with a brief detour inland at Nyack.

Parks and preserves in this region include:

• Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
• Lamont Reserve
• Rockleigh Woods Sanctuary
• Palisades Interstate Park -- NJ Section
• Tallman Mountain State Park
• Tenafly Nature Center/Lost Brook Preserve