Park · New Jersey
Brookdale Park
Brookdale Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Bald Mountain stands 351 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Avon Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 17 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.92299, -74.09583
- 8.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Avon Park: 0.3 mi
- Saddle River County Park - Otto Pehle Area: 0.5 mi
- Beaver Dam Park: 0.5 mi
- Warren Point Annex Field: 0.6 mi
- Fairway Oaks Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
- Paramus Historic Museum: 1.8 mi
- Cadmus House Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
- Maywood Station Museum: 2.4 mi
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 3.4 mi
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
- Sluckup: 2.2 mi
- Sluckup: 2.2 mi
- Garfield Police Monument: 3.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 3.6 mi
- Paterson 9-11 Memorial: 3.8 mi
Attractions
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 2.4 mi
- USS Ling: 4.2 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 4.3 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 5.1 mi
- American Flag Rock: 6.2 mi
Artworks
- Saint Mother Teresa: 2.9 mi
- Honor the Brave: 3.1 mi
- Andrew McBride: 4.0 mi
- Garret Hobart: 4.0 mi
- William Hughes: 4.0 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
- Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 5.2 mi
- Speert Green: 5.6 mi
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
- North Road Park: 4.3 mi
- G. Thomas Donch Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- James A. McFaul Environmental Center: 6.7 mi
- Lorrimer Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Beechwood Park: 7.5 mi
Peaks
- Garret Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Mount Cecchino: 6.1 mi
- High Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Beech Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Moon Hill: 7.6 mi
Beaches
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 6.5 mi
- East Beach: 8.2 mi
- West Beach: 8.4 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 8.4 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 8.4 mi
Cliffs
- Thor: 7.0 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 7.1 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 7.2 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 7.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Area C: 1.8 mi
- Area B: 1.8 mi
- Lafayette Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Dog Run Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Great Falls: 4.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 5.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.8 mi
- The Loch: 11.4 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Larry Doby Service Area: 7.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.7 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- New City Village: 16.9 mi
- Monksville: 17.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 15.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Brookdale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NNW 338° | 351 m | 14.7 mi |
| Carris Hill | NW 306° | 341 m | 15.2 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 337 m | 13.5 mi |
| North Cape | NNW 335° | 332 m | 14.9 mi |
| Herman Hill | NNW 337° | 328 m | 14.4 mi |
| Drag Hill | NNW 334° | 323 m | 13.5 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NNW 332° | 322 m | 13.2 mi |
| Twin Hill | NNW 327° | 304 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 5 mi away.
- American pokeweed95 obs
- Canada Goose86 obs
- white snakeroot66 obs
- American Robin62 obs
- Asian bittersweet52 obs
- common milkweed50 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant47 obs
- multiflora rose41 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 way/39648450
Day trips start here
- Paramus · 2 mi
- Bergen County · 3 mi
- Glen Rock · 3 mi
- River Edge · 3 mi
- Hackensack · 4 mi
- Paterson · 4 mi
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