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Burnham Park

Burnham Park from directly overhead

Burnham Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Continental Army Encampment At Morris Town The Artillery Prark, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79829, -74.49755

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • The Kellog Club: 0.9 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 1.2 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Abby Garden: 2.0 mi
Museums
Attractions: 56
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 0.5 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 0.5 mi
  • Legend Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 6.9 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 34
Picnic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 12
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Seele: 10.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 13.0 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 15.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 15.7 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 11.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Burnham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNW 345°425 m15.9 mi
Bowling Green MountainN 349°420 m14.7 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 348°393 m11.9 mi
Copperas MountainN 7°373 m15.1 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 320°371 m10.6 mi
Mount PaulN 353°368 m17.0 mi
Schooleys MountainW 278°364 m15.6 mi
Mase MountainNNW 338°359 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 8 mi away.

  • American wintergreen69 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly67 obs
  • garlic mustard46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel43 obs
  • White-tailed Deer32 obs
  • Common Garter Snake30 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease30 obs
  • American Robin27 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/10572777

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