. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation . olley to Coytesville, a few momentswalk from the crest of the Palisades. A more attractive route,however, is provided by the West 130th Street Ferry (reachedby Subway to Manhattan Street or upper Broadway surfacecars and 125th Street crosstown cars) to Edgewater, New Jer-sey, thence by trolley to Main Street, Fort Lee, a short distancefrom the cliffs, or by foot from the Edgewater ferry housenorthward along the River Road, one and one-quarter miles, tothe Parks south
. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation . olley to Coytesville, a few momentswalk from the crest of the Palisades. A more attractive route,however, is provided by the West 130th Street Ferry (reachedby Subway to Manhattan Street or upper Broadway surfacecars and 125th Street crosstown cars) to Edgewater, New Jer-sey, thence by trolley to Main Street, Fort Lee, a short distancefrom the cliffs, or by foot from the Edgewater ferry housenorthward along the River Road, one and one-quarter miles, tothe Parks southern boundary, thence by path the entire lengthof the reservation. From the foot of Dyckman Street (Subwayto Dyckman Street Station), a motor-boat ferry is operatedduring the summer months to the old Englewood pier. FromYonkers a steam ferry yacht plies to Alpine and from DobbsFerry a motor-boat ferry runs across the river to SnedensLanding. From New Jersey the Park may be reached by sev-eral roads leading up the western slope, also by the wagon roadtraversing the backbone of the ridge. The Palisades of the Hudson 57 w^-^f;. Reproduced from an Old Print, Now in Possession of the Palisades Interstate Park Com-mission, After a Painting by W. C. Wall. THE PALISADOES The followinsr quaint description accompanies the picture reproduced above; The Palisadoes consist of a line of rugged and perpendicular bluffs, which at a few-miles distance from the city of New York, margin for a considerable distance and over-look the bed of the Hudson river. To the eye of the traveller, rising in savage grandeur,and stretching their tree-crowned summits far as the vision can compass, these rocks aretoo prominent a feature in the scenery of the Hudson to be overlooked. The shore,throughout the whole extent of these bluffs, is abrupt, and the water sufficiently deep toallow vessels, even of considerable burthen, to approach within a short distance; and,when sailing close along the shore, the view of t
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