Eagle Rock Reservation is a 400-acre wooded park on the crest of the First Watchung Mountain, straddling the line between West Orange and Montclair. The reservation's great draw is the view: from the Eagle Rock overlook, the Manhattan skyline appears as a dense row of towers on the horizon, 14 miles east across the New Jersey lowlands. On clear days the view extends from the George Washington Bridge in the north to the Verrazano Bridge in the south — one of the best distant views of New York City accessible by public transport or car.
The park has good walking trails through oak and maple forest, and the old carriage roads have been converted to easy hiking paths. The Turtle Back Zoo, a well-regarded regional zoo, occupies the South Mountain Reservation directly adjacent — the two parks together make a fine half-day excursion.