Englewood Picnic Area

If you can find the trailhead for the dyckman Hill trail, you'll encounter three small waterfalls, go underneath a stone arch tunnel and then have a wonderful medium difficulty trail. The beginning is roped off and easy, but then it does get steeper as you go up.

I used to love coming here but near Bloomer Beach someone or a group of people decided to spray paint all over the lovely bench, the big rock, and even wrote all over on their chalkboard. The Palisades Interstate Park Police needs to start putting cameras around or have someone monitor the area because they clearly vandalized the property here. What a shame!

We went to this park for outdoor picnic and BBQ on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. We first arrived at Ross Dock picnic area around 9:45am, but all the public grills were already taken by then. We pivoted to Englewood and nabbed the last public grill remaining. It turned out that this park was much quieter and relaxing, perhaps because there are fewer children since it doesn’t have a playground like the other park. In the latter part of the afternoon the cliff casts a nice long shadow to keep everyone cool. Overall we really enjoyed grilling and picnicking here. The main downside is that there are only port-a-potty stations, and these are not the most pleasant things to use.

Cool place. Close to the city and urban areas yet feels like far away. Great getaway area. (Tons of room with no crowds).it's great to have these kind of "green spaces" around. (tho in this case it's more xeriscaping type.

Beautiful place, hidden away gem of a place. We took out bikes on the trail but it’s out of season it was dead. Bikes all the way to the bottom of the bridge and further. Great day!