Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Palisades Interstate Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Lake Kanawauke in Harriman State Park
Location	Fort Lee, New Jersey northward to Palisades, New York
Built	1900
NRHP reference No.	66000890[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	January 12, 1965[2]

The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) was formed in 1900 by Governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster Voorhees of New Jersey in response to the quarrying operations along the Palisades Cliffs of New Jersey. The Palisades, a National Natural Landmark that are also called the New Jersey Palisades or the Hudson River Palisades, are a line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River in Northeastern New Jersey and Southeastern New York in the United States. After its formation, the PIPC quickly moved to acquire the lands at the base of the Palisades to stop quarrying operations in both New York and New Jersey. The commission consists of ten commissioners, five appointed by each governor, and was ratified by an Act of Congress in 1937 when its interstate compact was approved. Today, the Commission owns and operates more than 125,000 acres of public parkland in New York and New Jersey including 21 state parks, 8 historic sites, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway. These parks are visited by more than 7 million people annually.