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Alonzo F Bonsal Wildlife Preserve

Alonzo F Bonsal Wildlife Preserve from directly overhead

Alonzo F Bonsal Wildlife Preserve is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 64 m. Carris Hill stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pearl Brook Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
64 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85155, -74.18957

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • little daddy Maginot: 1.2 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 1.2 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 1.3 mi
  • Thor: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Tug of War: 1.8 mi
  • Venus and Adonis: 1.8 mi
  • Resettlement: 1.8 mi
  • Death of Venus: 1.8 mi
  • The Seeker: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 54
Picnic sites: 28
  • Picnic and Grill: 2.7 mi
  • The Backyard: 6.6 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Great Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Alonzo F Bonsal Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carris HillNNW 332°341 m15.7 mi
Fugawe RidgeNW 304°335 m14.6 mi
Torne MountainNNW 327°305 m15.3 mi
Twin HillN 353°304 m15.5 mi
Watnong MountainW 269°295.7 m15.9 mi
Stony Brook MountainsNW 310°289 m13.0 mi
Rock Pear MountainNW 308°289 m13.6 mi
Pyramid MountainNW 304°283 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer94 obs
  • eastern redcedar84 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle83 obs
  • white snakeroot76 obs
  • common mugwort71 obs
  • Japanese knotweed66 obs
  • American Robin55 obs
  • wineberry54 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 node/357736810

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