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Barbour Park

Barbour Park from directly overhead

Barbour Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Carris Hill stands 341 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Jr., a historic site 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.91900, -74.16067

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • MLK Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wrigley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wrigley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Juan Pablo Duarte Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • PCCC Alumni Quad: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Speert Green: 2.7 mi
  • Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Presby Memorial Iris Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.3 mi
Attractions
Cliffs
  • Thor: 4.4 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 4.5 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 4.6 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 4.7 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 28
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Great Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.4 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 13.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Barbour Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carris HillNW 316°341 m12.8 mi
High MountainNNW 342°337 m12.3 mi
Herman HillN 351°328 m13.7 mi
Drag HillNNW 348°323 m12.6 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 347°322 m12.3 mi
Windbeam MountainNNW 328°317 m13.6 mi
Torne MountainNW 310°305 m12.8 mi
Twin HillNNW 342°304 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

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, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer79 obs
  • wineberry54 obs
  • Japanese barberry44 obs
  • Canada Goose41 obs
  • tree-of-heaven40 obs
  • azure bluet37 obs
  • white snakeroot37 obs
  • Asian bittersweet35 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/317185434

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