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Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt

Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt from directly overhead

Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Sugar Loaf stands 229 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.51862, -74.20777
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 0.3 mi
  • Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 0.4 mi
  • Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 0.6 mi
  • North Mount Loretto State Forest: 0.9 mi
  • Mill Creek Bluebelt: 0.9 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions
  • The South Pole: 2.6 mi
  • Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 2.7 mi
  • Heyerdahl Ruins: 5.7 mi
  • Buck’s Hollow: 5.8 mi
  • New York City Farm Colony: 6.4 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 5.5 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 5.6 mi
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 53
Picnic sites: 26
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Grove 4: 11.4 mi
  • Grove 3B: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Hawk Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Palisades: 17.8 mi
  • Palisades: 19.9 mi
  • Palisades: 23.1 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Seele: 14.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafNW 317°229 m24.7 mi
Gillespie HillNW 319°217 m24.2 mi
Mount KembleNW 316°215 m23.7 mi
Blachleys HillNW 313°204 m24.2 mi
Kinneys HillNW 322°180 m24.0 mi
Stony HillN 355°179 m20.4 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 347°175 m18.1 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 288°168 m18.9 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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/35798820

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