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16th Street Park

16th Street Park from directly overhead

16th Street Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayonne Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates40.66367, -74.13101
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bayonne Park: 0.1 mi
  • 8th Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Francis G. Fitzpatrick Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sister Miriam Teresa Park: 0.8 mi
  • Terry Collins Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Park Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Fox Hills: 4.4 mi
  • Todt Hill: 4.5 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Palisades: 9.3 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 10.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of 16th Street Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainN 351°268 m21.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 348°260 m22.3 mi
Mount CecchinoN 350°230 m21.2 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 291°229 m22.4 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 293°217 m21.5 mi
Mount KembleWNW 289°215 m21.6 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 347°185 m22.4 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 296°180 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose60 obs
  • Rock Pigeon44 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron36 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull35 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • European Starling31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly31 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/39680646

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