If you make it out to northern Passaic County, the Monksville Dam, Wanaque Resevoir areas in Ringwood can offer some beautiful vistas. Just don't get caught crawling throught the security fence!
A little bit tamer although well shot are the areas along the Hudson. In Weehawken is Alexander Hamilton Park on River Rd. which gives glorious panoramas of Midtown, and Liberty State Park in Jersey City offers views of Lower Manhattan, a historic railway terminal, Statue of Liberty and Ellis Islands. If you can get near the approaches on foot (security is probably tighter since 9/11) you can get some great shots of the George Washington Bridge, and underneath on the NY side is "The Little Red Lighthouse" of Golden Books fame.
Hope these help.
Rich B |
