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Arden Heights Woods

Arden Heights Woods from directly overhead

Arden Heights Woods is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wegener Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.55854, -74.18069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wegener Park: 0.5 mi
  • Drumgoole Tot Lot: 0.7 mi
  • Owl Hollow Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Park Village's: 0.9 mi
  • Brookfield Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Flag of Honor: 1.3 mi
  • 911 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • First County Jail: 2.0 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.0 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 2.6 mi
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.1 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 56
  • Todt Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Fox Hills: 6.7 mi
  • Park Hill: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 5.1 mi
  • Freedom Field: 11.5 mi
  • The Park: 11.9 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.7 mi
  • Palisades: 16.8 mi
  • Palisades: 20.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Seele: 13.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arden Heights Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainWNW 297°251 m24.9 mi
Sugar LoafNW 309°229 m23.8 mi
Gillespie HillNW 312°217 m23.2 mi
Mount KembleNW 309°215 m22.9 mi
Blachleys HillNW 306°204 m23.5 mi
Kinneys HillNW 315°180 m22.9 mi
Stony HillN 349°179 m17.8 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 339°175 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/430882682

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