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O'Neill Point

O'Neill Point from directly overhead

O'Neill Point is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is 8th Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Douglas O'Neill
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.65444, -74.12611
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 8th Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Terry Collins Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bayonne Park: 0.6 mi
  • 16th Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dennis P. Collins Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Park Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Fox Hills: 3.8 mi
  • Todt Hill: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.7 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Palisades: 12.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of O'Neill Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainN 350°268 m22.2 mi
Beech MountainNNW 348°260 m22.9 mi
Mount CecchinoN 350°230 m21.8 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 292°229 m22.9 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 294°217 m22.0 mi
Mount KembleWNW 291°215 m22.1 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 297°180 m21.3 mi
Moon HillNNW 347°180 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9897399614

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