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Riker Hill Art Park

Riker Hill Art Park from directly overhead

Riker Hill Art Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riker Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80995, -74.32894

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park: 0.4 mi
  • Becker Park: 0.7 mi
  • West Essex Park: 0.8 mi
  • Essex County Environmental Center: 1.0 mi
  • Prospect Park: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Northland Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tedesco Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sommer Park: 1.1 mi
  • Brendan P. Tevlin Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Camp Hope: 1.3 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Prairie Dog: 3.8 mi
  • Great Plains: 3.9 mi
  • Bear Country: 3.9 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 3.9 mi
  • African Adventure: 3.9 mi
Cliffs
  • Hawk Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 7.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 7.1 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 59
Picnic sites: 35
Waterfalls: 17
  • Hobble Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Seele: 10.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Riker Hill Art Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainNW 314°393 m15.6 mi
Copperas MountainNNW 334°373 m15.9 mi
Kanouse MountainNNW 343°361 m16.7 mi
Mase MountainNW 307°359 m16.6 mi
Cobb HillNNW 330°358 m14.1 mi
Mount FreedomW 279°341 m13.2 mi
Carris HillN 360°341 m16.8 mi
Fugawe RidgeNNW 337°335 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:5016:33

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, 3 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly21 obs
  • Green Frog18 obs
  • garlic mustard17 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle14 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk13 obs
  • ground-ivy13 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/680198143

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