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Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area

Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Millstone Hill stands 278 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Point, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.81135, -74.04032
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Creek Point: 0.4 mi
  • Acorn Park: 0.9 mi
  • Schmidts Wood Park: 0.9 mi
  • River Barge Park: 0.9 mi
  • Schmidts Wood: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Cliffs
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 40
Waterfalls: 15
  • The Loch: 4.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Millstone HillNNW 329°278 m20.1 mi
High MountainNW 323°268 m13.7 mi
Turkey MountainWNW 299°268 m19.8 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 300°263 m18.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 322°260 m14.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 322°230 m13.5 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 334°224 m18.8 mi
LeGrande HillNW 323°219 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536373787669574738
Precip in3.32.84.14.03.94.24.44.24.13.73.34.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357742885

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