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Canoe Beach

Canoe Beach from directly overhead

Canoe Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Palisades, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway runs past it.

The story

beach in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Wikidata Q34648237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.89667, -73.93611

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Beaches
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Pure Love Organic Farms: 1.3 mi
  • PS24 Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Bruce Reynolds Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 2.2 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 14
  • The Falls: 5.0 mi
  • The Loch: 7.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Canoe Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 291°268 m14.6 mi
Beech MountainWNW 291°260 m15.7 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 289°230 m14.5 mi
Campgaw MountainNW 309°224 m17.6 mi
Hook MountainN 3°214 m15.5 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 24°211 m16.1 mi
Mount NeboN 3°208 m10.5 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 291°185 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Riverdale, N.Y., NY, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357748451

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