Garden · New Jersey
Millridge Community Garden
Millridge Community Garden is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Schmidts Wood Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Secaucus
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates40.80159, -74.04642
- 5.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Schmidts Wood Park: 0.2 mi
- Schmidts Wood: 0.2 mi
- Mill Creek Point: 0.3 mi
- Acorn Park: 0.5 mi
- Monarch Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 0.7 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 1.8 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.0 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 4.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Welcome To Secaucus: 0.8 mi
- Celia Cruz: 2.2 mi
- Wave: 3.3 mi
- Private Passage: 3.4 mi
- Swinging Jenny: 3.5 mi
Museums
- Secaucus Town Museum: 0.9 mi
- Meadowlands Museum: 3.1 mi
- Meadowlands Environment Center: 3.2 mi
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 3.3 mi
- Carlstadt Historic Firehouse Museum: 3.4 mi
Gardens
- Meadowlands Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- Alonso Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.8 mi
- Barclays Capital Grove: 3.8 mi
Attractions
- truck: 1.4 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 3.2 mi
- Royal Caribbean/Norweigan Cruise Pier: 3.5 mi
- USS Intrepid: 3.5 mi
- Circle Line: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
- American War Memorial Plaza: 2.4 mi
- James J. Braddock Statue: 2.5 mi
- Weehawken Memorial World War: 2.6 mi
- Alexander Hamilton: 2.7 mi
- Weehawken 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 2.6 mi
- Palisades: 3.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 8.3 mi
Peaks
- Kings Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 3.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 4.2 mi
- Vista Rock: 4.3 mi
Beaches
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.9 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 4.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- The Backyard: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 5.4 mi
- Street Seats: 6.2 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 7.1 mi
- Freedom Field: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- The Loch: 4.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.5 mi
- Great Falls: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 1.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 7.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.3 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 19.7 mi
- Barber: 21.8 mi
- New City Village: 23.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 13.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Millridge Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Hill | WNW 294° | 276 m | 20.5 mi |
| High Mountain | NW 326° | 268 m | 14.1 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | WNW 301° | 268 m | 19.9 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | WNW 302° | 263 m | 19.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 324° | 260 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 325° | 230 m | 13.9 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 335° | 224 m | 19.3 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 325° | 219 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 4 mi away.
- Mallard60 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly57 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird55 obs
- Green-winged Teal53 obs
- House Sparrow52 obs
- Ring-billed Gull51 obs
- Snowy Egret51 obs
- Monk Parakeet48 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1136362771
Day trips start here
- Secaucus · 2 mi
- Union City · 2 mi
- East Rutherford · 3 mi
- Weehawken · 3 mi
- Hoboken · 4 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
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