Park · New Jersey
Belleville Park
Belleville Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. Stony Brook Mountains stands 289 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Branch Brook Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 38 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.78899, -74.16598
- 11.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.2 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Branch Brook Park: 0.4 mi
- Phillips Park: 1.1 mi
- Broadway Park: 1.1 mi
- Branch Brook Park: 1.1 mi
- Manor Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
- Branch Brook Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 1.5 mi
- Benson Street Garden: 2.0 mi
- A Healing Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Freeman Gardens: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- Althea Gibson Statue: 0.8 mi
- NA Historical Marker - First Steam Engine: 2.1 mi
- NA Historical Marker - Eckhardt Farm: 2.4 mi
- AMVETS Carillon: 2.9 mi
- Indian and the Puritan: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- Major General Philip Kearny: 1.6 mi
- The Bent: 3.3 mi
- Rutgers Arch: 3.3 mi
- Sculptures: 3.3 mi
- Wars of America: 3.5 mi
Museums
- Nutley Museum: 2.0 mi
- Jersey Explorer Children's Museum: 2.4 mi
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 3.2 mi
- Newark Museum: 3.2 mi
- Meadowlands Environment Center: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
- 1-E Landfill: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Rock Reservation: 4.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 4.6 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Mills Reservation: 5.0 mi
Attractions
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 3.4 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 4.9 mi
- truck: 5.3 mi
- FlyNYON: 5.4 mi
- Big Cat Country: 6.1 mi
Beaches
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 3.7 mi
- Flamingo: 6.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 8.0 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 8.1 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 8.3 mi
Peaks
- Stony Hill: 4.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.6 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 5.1 mi
- Eifall: 5.7 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 6.5 mi
Cliffs
- little daddy Maginot: 5.4 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 5.5 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 5.6 mi
- Thor: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- The Backyard: 5.4 mi
- The Park: 5.7 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 5.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 8.5 mi
- Lafayette Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Hobble Falls: 6.9 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 6.9 mi
- Great Falls: 8.9 mi
- The Loch: 10.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 11.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Larry Doby Service Area: 3.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 23.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 23.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Feltville Historic District: 13.7 mi
- Barber: 18.5 mi
- New City Village: 19.9 mi
- Monksville: 24.2 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 7.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Belleville Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Mountains | NW 319° | 289 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NW 314° | 283 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sheep Hill | NW 306° | 276 m | 15.4 mi |
| Tourne | WNW 301° | 273 m | 16.6 mi |
| High Mountain | N 352° | 268 m | 12.7 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 316° | 268 m | 15.5 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 318° | 263 m | 14.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 349° | 260 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel125 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly84 obs
- American pokeweed71 obs
- House Sparrow58 obs
- White-tailed Deer53 obs
- American Robin45 obs
- Canada Goose44 obs
- European Starling42 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357718490
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