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Hilltop Reservation

Hilltop Reservation from directly overhead

Hilltop Reservation is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Grove Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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How to reach it

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Coordinates40.84593, -74.25288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cedar Grove Park: 0.7 mi
  • Francisco Park: 0.8 mi
  • Francisco Park: 0.8 mi
  • Liberty Park: 1.2 mi
  • baseball and softball field: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 2.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 2.5 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 2.6 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 2.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.3 mi
  • Bear Country: 5.5 mi
  • Great Plains: 5.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 5.6 mi
  • Birds of Prey: 5.6 mi
Artworks
  • Elk Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Tug of War: 5.0 mi
  • Venus and Adonis: 5.0 mi
  • Resettlement: 5.0 mi
  • The Seeker: 5.0 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 29
Waterfalls: 18
  • Great Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Hilltop Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNNW 340°378 m15.6 mi
Copperas MountainNW 317°373 m16.1 mi
Kanouse MountainNNW 327°361 m16.2 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNNW 343°360 m16.0 mi
Cobb HillNW 312°358 m14.7 mi
Carris HillNNW 344°341 m14.8 mi
Fugawe RidgeNW 315°335 m12.3 mi
Torne MountainNNW 339°305 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.62.94.24.14.04.64.84.54.54.33.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essex Fells Service Bldg, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer70 obs
  • Canada Goose56 obs
  • Mallard39 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird36 obs
  • American Robin36 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
  • Great Blue Heron29 obs
  • common mugwort26 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1051950565

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