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Jul 20, 2023 · The Palisades form a dramatic backdrop along the Hudson River in New Jersey. Roughly 200 million years old, the cliffs record deep geological time within a bucolic park with trails and wildlife ...
- Sebastian Modak
Mar 17, 2023 · This cliffy area along the Hudson that is now Palisades Interstate Park was the site of George Washington’s retreat during the American Revolution and of 18 officially documented duels. Read on to learn more about this natural national landmark and discover what you can see + do on a visit to the 12 miles-long and one-mile-wide stretch of wild Hudson River shorefront, uplands, and cliffs.
- Sarah Griesbach
In 1983 “The Palisades of the Hudson” was designated a National Natural Landmark, as “the best example of a thick diabase sill formation known in the United States. Columnar jointing, an olivine zone and thermal metamorphic effects are attributes found in rare combination at this site.
The Palisades, basalt bluffs 200–540 feet (60–165 meters) high along the west side of the Hudson River, southeastern New York and northeastern New Jersey, U.S. Rising vertically from near the water’s edge, they are characterized by uplifts, faults, and columnar structure developed by slow cooling of molten material near the end of the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Palisades' high point is North Palisade at 14,242 ft. The Palisades spans from Taboose Pass south of Cardinal Mountain to Bishop Pass north of Mount Agassiz. It straddles the Sierra Crest and is bounded by the John Muir Wilderness in Inyo National Forest to the east and Kings Canyon National Park and the Middle Fork of the Kings Canyon to ...
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The Palisades Cliffs are the eastern edge of a long, low mountain ridge that rises along the western shore of the Hudson River for more than 40 miles, from Staten Island north to Haverstraw, New York. The 12-mile section of the cliffs contained in the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey is roughly in the middle of this long ridgeline.
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Eventually, people began to notice the desecration of the Palisades and in 1900 the Interstate Park Commission was formed to save the Palisades. Today, thanks to the work of this commission, Tilcon Quarry is one of only a few remaining active quarries left. Most of the traprock today is taken from the quarries around the Watchung Mountains.
