Watchung Reservation

This area has 2 cliff bands, the upper and lower cliffs. Both cliffs are around 20 to 30 feet high and about 125 to 150 feet long. Both of the cliffs can be seen from Diamond Hill Rd on the far West end of the Watchung Reservation. Routes range from 5.8 to 5.11. Watchung climbing is one of the oldest known areas in the state of NJ. It was first established back in the late-40's. Vic Benes, a local climber here during the 60's, said when he first started climbing here back then that people had been climbing there for 10 to 15 years already.