Churchill Nature Preserve
Churchill Nature Preserve is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is African Art Museum at the SMA, a museum 0.7 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 115 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- African Art Museum at the SMA: 0.7 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 2.0 mi
- The Met Cloisters: 2.9 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 2.9 mi
- Poe Cottage: 4.0 mi
- Canoe Beach: 0.9 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 1.3 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 1.6 mi
- Huylers Beach: 1.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.0 mi
- Davis Johnson Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Walnut Park: 1.2 mi
- Dean Park: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Palisades: 1.0 mi
- The Palisades: 3.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 6.9 mi
- Quarter Bent Over: 1.3 mi
- Dwight-Englewood Bulldog: 1.3 mi
- World War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Monument: 1.9 mi
- Wave Hill: 2.0 mi
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 1.6 mi
- Parking: 4.0 mi
- Trevor Park: 4.4 mi
- Joker Stairs: 4.9 mi
- USS Ling: 4.9 mi
- Obra1: 1.7 mi
- Coyote: 2.9 mi
- Columnade: 3.1 mi
- Water Music: 3.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 3.3 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 2.2 mi
- PS24 Garden: 2.3 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 2.9 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 2.9 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 2.9 mi
- Tetards Hill: 2.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.4 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bronx High Point: 2.5 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Beechwood Park: 6.5 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 6.7 mi
- Pulver's Woods: 6.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 3.4 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.9 mi
- Area B: 8.3 mi
- Area C: 8.4 mi
- The Falls: 5.9 mi
- The Loch: 7.6 mi
- Great Falls: 12.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 13.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.6 mi
- Monksville: 23.7 mi
- New City Village: 24.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Churchill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 290° | 268 m | 13.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 291° | 260 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 288° | 230 m | 13.7 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 309° | 224 m | 16.7 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 6° | 214 m | 15.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 27° | 211 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 7° | 208 m | 10.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 290° | 185 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 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, 6 mi away.
- American beech105 obs
- American Bullfrog90 obs
- striped wintergreen82 obs
- American sweetgum81 obs
- Canada mayflower77 obs
- White-tailed Deer76 obs
- American tuliptree76 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush75 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/357742866
Day trips start here
- Englewood · 1 mi
- Teaneck · 3 mi
- Fort Lee · 4 mi
- Haworth · 4 mi
- Hackensack · 5 mi
- River Edge · 5 mi
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