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Goat Climbing Gym

4.8 ★★★★★ 278 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Hackensack, New Jersey

Spacious gym featuring both tall walls, and bouldering areas. Friendly staff demonstrate auto-belaying and offer instruction.

Plan your visit

  • Day pass around $30 — check current rates; most gyms price gear rental separately and discount off-peak
  • Gear rental nearly every climbing gym rents shoes (~$5–8 typical) and chalk; harness rental is often bundled with a ropes pass
  • Waiver always required at climbing gyms — sign it online before you go to skip the front-desk line
  • Belaying ropes gyms teach belaying or check your certification at the desk; bouldering and auto-belays need no partner and no belay test
  • First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
  • Today see hours ·
  • Phone (201) 402-9343
  • Website goatclimbinggym.com

Hours

Monday 10 AM–10 PM
Tuesday 10 AM–10 PM
Wednesday 10 AM–10 PM
Thursday 10 AM–10 PM
Friday 10 AM–10 PM
Saturday 10 AM–8 PM
Sunday 10 AM–6 PM

Hours can shift for holidays, competitions, and youth-team practice — worth a quick check before a special trip.

What's inside

Walls and programs at Goat Climbing Gym, confirmed by climbers' own reviews.

🪨 Bouldering Gyms 4 mentions

“There are 4 floors in total with a different bouldering section available on 3 of them.”

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🧗 Top-Rope Climbing 3 mentions

“They have 60 foot rope climbing walls with lead, auto-belay, and top rope options available.”

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🪢 Lead Climbing 3 mentions

“) When you first walk in and see the height of the main lead wall 😵😱 I used to go to cliffs lic and they do have more routes BUT the setting here is a lot better.”

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⚙️ Auto-Belay Gyms 4 mentions

“Like the other review mentioned spacing out and adding more auto belays would be helpful when it gets crowded.”

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🛠️ Training Boards

“It has a nice and large weights and training area and soon will have a new Tension board that I'm very excited about.”

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What climbers say again and again

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 278 Google reviews — with their own words as proof.

🧼 spotless & clean 3 mentions

“They have tons of community events and fun activities, plus the place is super clean.”

🔰 beginner friendly 4 mentions

“This was my first time ever rock climbing and I was definitely nervous, but Marlena and Tommy were AMAZING.”

⚙️ auto-belays for solo climbers 4 mentions

“Like the other review mentioned spacing out and adding more auto belays would be helpful when it gets crowded.”

😊 friendly staff 5 mentions

“The staff is attentive and welcoming and the climbing walls are fun, exciting and can get quite challenging!”

🪨 tons of wall to climb 4 mentions

“Tons of excellent climbing, especially on the massive lead wall, as well as 3 floors of boulders!”

From the reviews

This is an exciting climbing gym located in a low traffic area with plenty of parking. They have 60 foot rope climbing walls with lead, auto-belay, and top rope options available. There are 4 floors in total with a different bouldering section available on 3 of them.

★★★★★ — Jasmine, Oct 2023

If you like ropes definitely have to come here. Probably the best rope climbing in the tri-state area. (Also probably the tallest walls as well I believe?) When you first walk in and see the height of the main lead wall 😵😱 I used to go to cliffs lic and they do have more routes BUT the setting here is a lot better. 5.

★★★★★ — Albert, Oct 2022

Great climbing gym with three floors, a small area for easy climbers on the third floor with birthday areas for parties. Aileen is great, remembers everyone, and so are the staff, super friendly and really helpful. They have four autobelay stations so not a lot but you can hire staff to run along with you.

★★★★★ — Hank, Dec 2022

We have been so excited for this gym to open for what seems like forever, and we finally had our first official tour last week…let me tell you, it’s more impressive than we ever could have imagined! The facility is incredible, the staff is amazing. My kids can’t wait to start training there soon!

★★★★★ — Rachel, Aug 2022

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Where to find Goat Climbing Gym

77 River St, Hackensack, NJ07601

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