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Carlton Park

Carlton Park from directly overhead

Carlton Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Sugar Loaf stands 229 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Drumgoole Tot Lot, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.55192, -74.18452
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.1 mi
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.6 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Todt Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.1 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 5.3 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Freedom Field: 12.0 mi
  • The Park: 12.3 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Palisades: 15.2 mi
  • Palisades: 17.3 mi
  • Palisades: 20.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Seele: 14.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafNW 311°229 m24.0 mi
Gillespie HillNW 313°217 m23.4 mi
Mount KembleNW 310°215 m23.1 mi
Blachleys HillNW 307°204 m23.6 mi
Kinneys HillNW 317°180 m23.1 mi
Stony HillN 350°179 m18.2 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 340°175 m16.2 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 281°168 m19.5 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/35580924

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