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Neck Creek Bluebelt

Neck Creek Bluebelt from directly overhead

Neck Creek Bluebelt is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Neck Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.59525, -74.19059
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Park Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 6.1 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 38
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 3.1 mi
  • The Park: 9.3 mi
  • Freedom Field: 9.8 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Hawk Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Palisades: 12.8 mi
  • Palisades: 15.0 mi
  • Palisades: 18.1 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Seele: 12.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 12.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Neck Creek Bluebelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 318°295.7 m23.6 mi
Mine MountainWNW 292°251 m23.4 mi
Sugar LoafNW 305°229 m21.9 mi
Gillespie HillNW 308°217 m21.2 mi
Mount KembleNW 305°215 m21.0 mi
Blachleys HillWNW 301°204 m21.7 mi
Kinneys HillNW 311°180 m20.8 mi
Stony HillN 350°179 m15.2 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1283665279

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