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Brophy Field

Brophy Field from directly overhead

Brophy Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.65705, -74.18348
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jackson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Todd Bowles Waterfront Sports Complex: 0.6 mi
  • Marciante-Millet-Jackson Park: 0.6 mi
  • Miller Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 2.1 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 3.2 mi
  • Joe Holzka Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Park Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Fox Hills: 6.3 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Hawk Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Palisades: 9.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.1 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Brophy Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 309°295.7 m20.9 mi
Sheep HillNNW 327°276 m21.6 mi
High MountainN 358°268 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoN 358°230 m21.3 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 295°229 m20.1 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 297°217 m19.2 mi
Mount KembleWNW 293°215 m19.2 mi
Blachleys HillWNW 290°204 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly35 obs
  • House Sparrow27 obs
  • common mugwort16 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull15 obs
  • Groundhog15 obs
  • green comet milkweed14 obs
  • Thick-billed Murre13 obs
  • ribwort plantain13 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 node/357733118

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