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Katz Community Center Garden

Katz Community Center Garden from directly overhead

Katz Community Center Garden is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Cobb Hill stands 358 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Degnan Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80321, -74.26159

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Search And Rescue Dogs: 1.2 mi
  • 9/11: 1.2 mi
  • 9/11: 1.2 mi
  • Michael Leo Delahunty: 1.3 mi
  • Lady Lane: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
  • Montclair Art Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Jersey Explorer Children's Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 4.8 mi
  • Nutley Museum: 5.2 mi
  • The Yogi Berra Museum: 5.7 mi
Attractions
  • Bear Country: 2.6 mi
  • Great Plains: 2.6 mi
  • Birds of Prey: 2.6 mi
  • Big Cat Country: 2.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 2.6 mi
Cliffs
  • little daddy Maginot: 4.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 4.9 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 54
Picnic sites: 36
Waterfalls: 18
  • Hobble Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Katz Community Center Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cobb HillNW 321°358 m16.5 mi
Fugawe RidgeNW 324°335 m14.2 mi
Watnong MountainWNW 285°295.7 m12.5 mi
Stony Brook MountainsNNW 332°289 m13.3 mi
Rock Pear MountainNNW 329°289 m13.6 mi
Pyramid MountainNNW 327°283 m12.3 mi
Union HillWNW 285°277 m14.0 mi
Kakeout MountainNNW 335°277 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.62.94.24.14.04.64.84.54.54.33.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essex Fells Service Bldg, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer54 obs
  • Canada Goose50 obs
  • American Robin43 obs
  • Blue Jay41 obs
  • garlic mustard39 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
  • Mallard35 obs
  • wineberry35 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1368775016

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