Giant Stairs in the Palisades

The VPo Man and I combines our resources for this hike. He found an article online about Giant Stairs and I had my newly acquired NY/NJ Trail Conference maps of the Palisades.

The Giant Stairs are basically a mile long section of trail that runs along the Hudson filled with giant boulders. It's a half mile walk from the NY/NJ state line parking area. The approach included areas of dense vegetation.

Once on the giant stairs, the going was slow, but quite enjoyable with the views and the breeze from the Hudson River. Before heading back up, there was this tree swing with views of the decrepit Tappan Zee Bridge. The climb up was about 400 feet and from the top of the Palisades you were afforded views of New York City and the Hudson.