Meadowlands Environment Center
Meadowlands Environment Center is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Pyramid Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
educational facility in New Jersey, United States
Wikidata Q6803378, matched on coordinates and name (59 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
- Meadowlands Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Millridge Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Branch Brook Park Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- A Healing Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- WTC Memorial Cove: 0.1 mi
- AMVETS Carillon: 0.5 mi
- NA Historical Marker - Eckhardt Farm: 1.0 mi
- NA Historical Marker - First Steam Engine: 1.3 mi
- Laurel Hill Park: 1.9 mi
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 0.1 mi
- Meadowlands Museum: 2.0 mi
- Secaucus Town Museum: 2.5 mi
- Carlstadt Historic Firehouse Museum: 3.7 mi
- Nutley Museum: 3.9 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 1.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 1.5 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 3.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.5 mi
- Allan Park: 1.3 mi
- Lewandowski Park: 1.4 mi
- Jerry Portmann Park: 1.4 mi
- Andrew Cerco Park: 1.5 mi
- Hilltop Park: 1.5 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 1.5 mi
- truck: 2.0 mi
- FlyNYON: 4.2 mi
- Frank Sinatra's Birthplace: 4.5 mi
- Fireboat John J. Harvey: 5.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.1 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 2.4 mi
- Kings Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Summit Rock: 7.0 mi
- Vista Rock: 7.1 mi
- Major General Philip Kearny: 2.4 mi
- Welcome To Secaucus: 2.6 mi
- Wave: 3.8 mi
- Celia Cruz: 4.0 mi
- Wars of America: 4.7 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 3.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 5.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 6.6 mi
- The Backyard: 2.9 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 6.3 mi
- Freedom Field: 6.6 mi
- The Park: 8.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.2 mi
- Palisades: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 7.6 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 7.6 mi
- The Loch: 7.6 mi
- Great Falls: 9.9 mi
- Hobble Falls: 10.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 10.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 5.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.8 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 20.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 16.5 mi
- Barber: 19.4 mi
- New City Village: 22.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 10.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Meadowlands Environment Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Mountain | NW 308° | 283 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sheep Hill | WNW 300° | 276 m | 18.3 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 339° | 268 m | 13.7 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 309° | 268 m | 18.1 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 311° | 263 m | 17.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 336° | 260 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 338° | 230 m | 13.4 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 345° | 224 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/258989109
Day trips start here
- Secaucus · 2 mi
- East Rutherford · 3 mi
- Rutherford · 3 mi
- Harrison · 4 mi
- Hudson County · 4 mi
- Nutley · 4 mi
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