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Butterfly Garden

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Elevation, modelled
17 m
Tallest summit within 13.3 miles
Buck Mountain378 m · 12.9 mi
Nearest byway
Palisades Scenic Byway11.9 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:33local time
Coordinates
40.9441, -74.1608
Butterfly Garden from directly overhead

Butterfly Garden is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled 17 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is 8 Acre Woods, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 308°378 m12.9 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 312°360 m12.7 mi
Bald MountainN 350°351 m12.4 mi
Carris HillNW 310°341 m11.6 mi
Saddle MountainNW 314°341 m13.1 mi
High MountainNNW 339°337 m10.7 mi
North CapeNNW 346°332 m12.4 mi
Herman HillN 349°328 m12.0 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 5 mi away.

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