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Camp Merritt Memorial Monument

Camp Merritt Memorial Monument from directly overhead

Camp Merritt Memorial Monument is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Drag Hill stands 323 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

The story

park in New Jersey, United States of America, United States of America

Wikidata Q5027414, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.94106, -73.97682

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Merritt Memorial Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Christopher W. DeAngelis Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cranford Park: 0.7 mi
  • Roosevelt Common: 0.7 mi
  • Hickory Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 1.3 mi
  • Trevor Park: 4.3 mi
  • Stumpery: 4.9 mi
  • Temple of Love: 4.9 mi
  • Cherry Bowl: 5.0 mi
Museums
Beaches
Cliffs
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Water Music: 3.8 mi
  • Obra1: 4.0 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 4.1 mi
  • Saint Anthony Holding Baby Jesus: 4.7 mi
  • Henry Hudson: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Pure Love Organic Farms: 4.9 mi
  • PS24 Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Walled Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Leonia Library Reading Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 29
Waterfalls: 16
  • The Falls: 8.0 mi
  • The Loch: 10.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 20.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Camp Merritt Memorial Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Drag HillNW 312°323 m16.3 mi
Rocky MountainNW 310°322 m16.2 mi
Twin HillNW 305°304 m15.9 mi
Stag Hill/Houvenkopf MountainNW 318°282 m15.4 mi
Matty Price HillNW 308°279 m15.4 mi
Millstone HillWNW 301°278 m16.0 mi
High MountainW 280°268 m11.7 mi
Monroe RidgeNW 312°262 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5120:32
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 °F333542536373787669574738
Precip in3.32.84.14.03.94.24.44.24.13.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/9341293991

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