Greenbrook Falls
Bergen County, New Jersey
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- Access status
- Riverside Shore Trail walk to the base of the falls
- The walk
- About 8 miles as a loop; an out-and-back on the Shore Trail to the falls is shorter
- Ground & access
- Mostly level riverside path with rocky sections and boulders at the falls. Poison ivy along the trail. Flow can be thin in dry weather.
Greenbrook Falls drops over the Palisades cliff to the Hudson River in Palisades Interstate Park. From the northern end of Englewood Boat Basin, follow the white-blazed Shore Trail north past the Undercliff Bathhouse ruins, Lost Brook Falls and the old Lambier’s Dock site. The falls pour over a rock face to the left of the trail, and the trail crosses just below them on large boulders. Return the same way, or continue on the article’s loop up the Huyler’s Landing Trail and back on the Long Path. The Greenbrook Sanctuary above the cliff is open to members only. The route description dates from 2022.
Plan your visit
Northern end of Englewood Boat Basin, Shore Trail north along the Hudson River to Greenbrook Falls
Daniel Chazin describes an eight-mile loop. From the north end of the boat basin, the article gives about half a mile to the Undercliff Bathhouse ruins, 1.7 miles more to Lost Brook Falls, about a third of a mile to the old Lambier’s Dock site, and another third of a mile to Greenbrook Falls.
Mostly level riverside path with rocky sections and boulders at the falls. Poison ivy along the trail. Flow can be thin in dry weather.
Where to start
Englewood Boat Basin, reached on Henry Hudson Drive from the park entrance at the Fort Lee and Edgewater boundary. The article says Dyckman Hill Road, the Englewood Cliffs entrance, was closed to all traffic after storm damage in 2021.
Timing & water
Check road status: the article reports Dyckman Hill Road closed after Tropical Storm Ida.
Before you go
The article says parking at the northern end of the boat basin is free; metered parking applies in the southern part.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- Daniel Chazin, The Jewish Link: Hike Along the Hudson River in the Palisades Interstate Park
- Daniel Chazin, The Jewish Link: Hike Along the Hudson River in the Palisades Interstate Park
- Daniel Chazin, The Jewish Link: Hike Along the Hudson River in the Palisades Interstate Park
- Harriman Hiker: NJ Palisades, Englewood Boat Basin
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