Waterfall Hikes Near New York, NY

New York sits on a dense urban coastal plain at the mouth of the Hudson River, with steep Hudson Highlands and Palisades, rocky shorelines, estuaries and rolling Appalachian foothills within a short drive. Within 50 miles, hikes are mostly moderate wooded ridge and canyon scrambles, with a couple of easy roadside cascades and one drive-up site; the close mix of urban skyline, river gorges and forested valleys gives hikers unusually varied and accessible terrain.