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Barbour Pond Park

Barbour Pond Park from directly overhead

Barbour Pond Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates40.96372, -74.23243

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 0.7 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 1.1 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Great Oak Tree: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Beaches
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 1.6 mi
  • East Beach: 2.0 mi
  • West Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Speert Green: 2.2 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Pompton Furnace: 3.2 mi
  • Pompton Lakes Police Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial Square: 3.8 mi
  • George Carlough Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Donald Miller Memorial: 3.8 mi
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 6.7 mi
  • Thor: 6.9 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 7.0 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 7.1 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Buttermilk Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 7.6 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Barbour Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 316°378 m9.2 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 322°360 m9.1 mi
Bald MountainN 9°351 m11.0 mi
Carris HillNW 320°341 m8.0 mi
Saddle MountainNW 324°341 m9.7 mi
High MountainN 359°337 m8.6 mi
Fugawe RidgeW 273°335 m9.8 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 319°335 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:33

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander95 obs
  • Green Frog27 obs
  • Spring Peeper20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • American Robin14 obs
  • Japanese barberry14 obs
  • Canada Goose13 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/245885598

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