The Palisades Interstate Parkway provides a direct link toManhattan via the George Washington Bridge at Fort Lee, New Jerseyand runs north through 2,500 acres of parkland ending at the NewYork state border. The Parkway offers awesome views of the HudsonRiver and Manhattan skyline from the 500-foot tall Palisades Cliffsthat the Parkway rests upon. Parallel to the Parkway at the riverlevel are a number of facilities for the public that are connectedby a scenic river drive.

The Palisades Interstate Parkway marked the completion of aprogressive and influential conservation project to preserve andrestore the dramatic escarpment along the lower west bank of theHudson River. Beginning in 1900 with the formation of the PalisadesIntestate Park Commission (PIPC), the states of New York and NewJersey commenced a cooperative effort to acquire and preserve alarge tract of the Palisades that was threatened by quarryingoperations. John D. Rockefeller gave the PIPC a large boost in thedevelopment of their proposal in 1933 when he donated 700 acres of land atop a 13-mile stretch of the New Jersey Palisades.

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