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JCPD

JCPD from directly overhead

JCPD is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fitzgerald-Holota Memorial Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In memory of Jersey City Police Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.71728, -74.04178
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fitzgerald-Holota Memorial Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Morris Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Paulus Hook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Van Vorst Park: 0.3 mi
  • Angel Ramos Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Cherry Tree Grove: 0.5 mi
  • North Cove Field: 0.7 mi
  • Terminal Field: 0.8 mi
  • Crescent Field: 1.2 mi
  • Liberty Community Garden: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Newport Sand Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Caven Point Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.2 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Outlook Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Little Snake Hill: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 1.8 mi
  • Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Palisades: 6.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.5 mi
  • The Loch: 6.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 13.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of JCPD. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 335°268 m19.3 mi
Turkey MountainNW 313°268 m23.6 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 314°263 m22.8 mi
Beech MountainNNW 333°260 m20.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 334°230 m19.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 332°185 m20.6 mi
Moon HillNNW 332°180 m20.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 302°179 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9895878990

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