Browns Point
Browns Point is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the north, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockheed Constellation, a attraction 1.7 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 194 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 23.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 7 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 24 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lockheed Constellation: 1.7 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 4.8 mi
- Roomy Mine: 6.3 mi
- Balanced Rock: 6.3 mi
- Blue Mine: 6.7 mi
- Long Pond Ironworks: 1.9 mi
- Former Lion Enclosure: 1.9 mi
- The Backyard: 6.1 mi
- Old Glen Gray Water Tank: 7.7 mi
- Ruins Of Group Of Stone Houses: 7.8 mi
- Wanaque Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Random Woods: 2.5 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 2.9 mi
- Emerald Forest Property: 2.9 mi
- Ponderosa II: 4.0 mi
- Monks Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bearfort Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Horse Pond Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 2.8 mi
- Big Beech Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mountain Lake Park: 4.3 mi
- town-owned property: 5.6 mi
- Lion's Field Park: 5.6 mi
- town-owned public land: 5.7 mi
- Warwick Township Veterans Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Eagles: 5.9 mi
- Eagles: 5.9 mi
- Swan Boy: 6.1 mi
- Diana: 6.1 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 6.1 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 9.1 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 9.2 mi
- Party Wall: 9.2 mi
- Vulnerability Corner: 9.2 mi
- Yankee Ramparts: 9.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.8 mi
- Pinetum: 6.0 mi
- Winter Garden: 6.0 mi
- Octagonal Garden: 6.0 mi
- Magnolia Walk: 6.0 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 2.6 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 5.0 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 5: 5.7 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 6: 5.7 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 3: 5.9 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 10.2 mi
- Oakland Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Butler Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 11.3 mi
- Schuyler-Colfax House Historic House Museum: 12.0 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Kakiat Park: 12.1 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 1.9 mi
- Otter Hole: 7.4 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 7.6 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.5 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 21.5 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 21.5 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.4 mi
- Monksville: 3.2 mi
- New City Village: 9.6 mi
- Doodletown: 20.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.0 mi
- Artesian Spring: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Browns Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mountain | N 354° | 454 m | 3.9 mi |
| Wawayanda Mountain | WNW 298° | 448 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bearfort Mountain | WSW 248° | 445 m | 2.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | W 281° | 445 m | 8.6 mi |
| Vernon Peak | WNW 283° | 427 m | 8.3 mi |
| Warwick Mountain | N 1° | 410 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bellvale Mountain | NNE 19° | 406 m | 3.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | S 184° | 378 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 8 mi away.
- rock harlequin15 obs
- American Toad14 obs
- eastern hemlock12 obs
- American Black Bear9 obs
- pink lady's slipper9 obs
- red columbine8 obs
- Ghost Pipe7 obs
- Solomon's plume6 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/357742275
Day trips start here
- Passaic County · 9 mi
- Skylands · 9 mi
- Suffern · 11 mi
- Wyckoff · 13 mi
- Monsey · 15 mi
- Lincoln Park · 16 mi
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