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Castle Point Park

Castle Point Park from directly overhead

Castle Point Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sybil’s Cave, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.74512, -74.02281

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 1.1 mi
  • Palisades: 1.7 mi
  • Palisades: 4.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 4.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.5 mi
  • The Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 14.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Castle Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m18.1 mi
Turkey MountainNW 308°268 m23.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m22.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m19.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m17.8 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 337°224 m23.3 mi
LeGrande HillNNW 328°219 m23.2 mi
Mount NeboNNE 13°208 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,765 obs
  • House Sparrow940 obs
  • Western Honey Bee824 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly782 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel764 obs
  • European Starling637 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee570 obs
  • Canada Goose520 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/581031801

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