- Elevation, modelled
- 8 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sugar Loaf229 m · 24.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Millstone Valley Scenic Byway21.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.5546, -74.1668
Sweet Brook Bluebelt is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled 8 m. Sugar Loaf stands 229 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wegener Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sweet Brook Bluebelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Loaf | NW 309° | 229 m | 24.6 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NW 312° | 217 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NW 308° | 215 m | 23.7 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | NW 305° | 204 m | 24.3 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | NW 315° | 180 m | 23.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 347° | 179 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NNW 337° | 175 m | 16.4 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | W 280° | 168 m | 20.4 mi |
- 21.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic BywayNational
- 23.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 24.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.9 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Wegener Park: 0.5 mi
- Brookfield Park: 0.8 mi
- Drumgoole Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
- Great Kills Veterans Playground: 0.9 mi
- King Fisher Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Laredo Avenue Parcel: 0.6 mi
- Arden Heights Woods: 0.8 mi
- Carlton Park: 0.9 mi
- Arden Woods: 1.3 mi
- Arbutus Creek Bluebelt: 1.8 mi
Artworks
- Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 0.6 mi
- Hail Holy Queen: 1.0 mi
- A Quiet Moment: 1.0 mi
- Horseshoe Crab: 1.6 mi
- Carteret Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- Flag of Honor: 0.7 mi
- First County Jail: 1.6 mi
- Barn Foundation: 1.6 mi
- Site of 1st County Courthouse: 1.6 mi
- Carriage Manufactory: 1.7 mi
Museums
- Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Transportation Museum: 1.6 mi
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art: 2.1 mi
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Seguine Mansion: 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Annadale Beach: 1.9 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 2.5 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 3.0 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 3.3 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 3.7 mi
Attractions
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 2.5 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 2.5 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 2.6 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.2 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 3.4 mi
Gardens
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.0 mi
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 3.0 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.3 mi
- Butterfly garden: 5.5 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 55
- Todt Hill: 4.2 mi
- Emerson Hill: 5.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 6.1 mi
- Fox Hills: 6.3 mi
- Park Hill: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- Linden Airport mini-park: 5.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 11.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- The Park: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Palisades: 14.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 14.7 mi
- Palisades: 16.7 mi
- Palisades: 19.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.9 mi
- Seele: 14.6 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- North Tower: 14.5 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 5.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 5.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.9 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 5.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 14.5 mi
- Raritan Landing: 15.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 9 mi away.
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