Fort Lee Historic Park, Palisades Interstate Park Commission

What a view of George Washington Bridge less than 100 steps from the parking lot of Fort Lee historic park. The parking lot is metered for 1 to 3 hour, you pay a dollar only and pay exact change. If you are expecting a machine to give you change, money is gone. I deposited $5 to the machine, thinking that $4 change would come back. The machine said over the payment, so I canceled the transaction but gave me a ticket for a maximum of 3 hours. Money is gone. Later on, I discovered the sign on the top of the machine says pay exact change. While paying meter, you have to type a three digit code written on the parking floor. This park gives amazing views of GWB, and the history of the place is priceless. I will come back for sure when the weather warms up a little bit.

This is a great place for a weekend hike near the city. Quite accessible by transport. The visitor center here opens at 10 am. It becomes a bit confusing to understand the start of the trail even with maps. The visitor center area just has a small easy historic park trail of less than a mile which doesn't really connect with the other main trails.The long path trail entrance has been closed for quite a few weeks now, so if you want to start the long trails you need to go to the Hudson terrace entrance of the park which is quite far from the actual main entrance and there is no internal connection as such since the path is closed for now. Once you reach the correct spot it is quite easy to navigate with the trail markers. To reach the picnic areas it is a steep walk down but the steps are properly carved out and it is manageable. We started the Allison's loop, met with Carpenter's trail and walked down to the Ross Dock picnic area, which is a very pretty spot with washrooms, benches, parking and a good view. Overall a good experience for a quick near the city unplanned hike.

Wonderful park with some of the est views of the George Washington BRidge you can see. There is a small museum there which is free but accept donations. Lots of interesting small exhibits there about the historic park. That museum is now closed due to COVID but will open again in time. The grounds itself are also nice with sme nice trails and even some cannons. There was also a flat fee at the front entracne years ago but that has been changed over to paying at a muni meter once you park. As there are very few muni meters and lots of spaces, you may find yourself waiting on a long line to pay during peak days and times. You can exit the park and ake a short walk right onto the GWB walk/bike pathway which is a great experience. It does get windy up there so stay warm.