Westwood Fire Department Memorial
Westwood Fire Department Memorial is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Squirrel Swamp Mountain stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Wikidata Q1088095, matched on coordinates and name (531 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Brookside Park: 0.4 mi
- Hegeman Park: 0.5 mi
- Hillsdale Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Beechwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Hiram Bauvelt Wildlife Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- School House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Paramus Historic Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Hermitage: 4.7 mi
- Walwick Museum of Local History: 5.1 mi
- Beechwood Park: 2.2 mi
- North Road Park: 3.1 mi
- James A. McFaul Environmental Center: 6.5 mi
- Monte Park: 6.7 mi
- H & T Property: 7.1 mi
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 5.8 mi
- Abandoned Tractor: 5.9 mi
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 7.0 mi
- Trevor Park: 7.4 mi
- Garden Remants: 7.6 mi
- Huylers Beach: 7.1 mi
- Canoe Beach: 8.2 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 8.6 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 8.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 9.6 mi
- Andre Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mount Nebo: 6.6 mi
- Tallman Mountain: 6.7 mi
- High Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Mount Cecchino: 9.1 mi
- Saint Anthony Holding Baby Jesus: 4.4 mi
- Special Delivery: 4.7 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 5.3 mi
- Armstrong inventor of FM radio: 7.5 mi
- Henry Hudson: 7.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.7 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- The Palisades: 6.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Oliphant Boulder: 12.6 mi
- Torch: 12.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Roll of Honor: 2.4 mi
- Veteran's park: 2.8 mi
- New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company: 3.2 mi
- 911 Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Area B: 4.7 mi
- Area C: 4.8 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.6 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.0 mi
- Great Falls: 9.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.2 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 10.6 mi
- The Loch: 14.2 mi
- Monksville: 16.7 mi
- New City Village: 19.1 mi
- Doodletown: 21.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 21.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Westwood Fire Department Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squirrel Swamp Mountain | NNW 345° | 378 m | 13.9 mi |
| Raccoon Brook Hill | NNW 336° | 353 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 315° | 351 m | 12.5 mi |
| Ramapo Torne | NNW 328° | 341 m | 13.0 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NNW 347° | 334 m | 13.7 mi |
| North Cape | NW 311° | 332 m | 13.1 mi |
| Herman Hill | NW 313° | 328 m | 12.4 mi |
| Horse Stable Mountain | NNW 342° | 325 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4106002370
Day trips start here
- Westwood · 0 mi
- River Vale · 1 mi
- Bergen County · 3 mi
- Haworth · 3 mi
- Park Ridge · 3 mi
- Paramus · 4 mi
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