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Island of Meadows

Island of Meadows from directly overhead

Island of Meadows is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 911 Memorial, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.57678, -74.20451
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 911 Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Freed Slave Graveyard: 2.4 mi
  • Historic Stone Chimney: 3.0 mi
  • Flag of Honor: 3.0 mi
  • First County Jail: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Carteret Waterfront Park: 0.7 mi
  • John St. Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
  • Owl Hollow Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Independence Park: 1.2 mi
  • Schmul Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 3.3 mi
  • The Park: 10.4 mi
  • Freedom Field: 11.3 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
  • Palisades: 16.4 mi
  • Palisades: 19.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Seele: 12.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 13.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Island of Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 321°295.7 m24.1 mi
Mine MountainWNW 296°251 m23.3 mi
Sugar LoafNW 309°229 m22.1 mi
Gillespie HillNW 312°217 m21.5 mi
Mount KembleNW 308°215 m21.2 mi
Blachleys HillNW 305°204 m21.8 mi
Kinneys HillNW 315°180 m21.1 mi
Stony HillN 353°179 m16.4 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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common reed110 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle71 obs
  • Western Honey Bee59 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee59 obs
  • common mugwort50 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly45 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail35 obs
  • Savannah Sparrow34 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/836220927

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