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Columbia Park

Columbia Park from directly overhead

Columbia Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferris Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
18 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.69558, -74.09634
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Afro-American Historical Society Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Chief John T. Brennan Fire Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty Science Center: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Caven Point Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Newport Sand Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.3 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 5.3 mi
Gardens
  • Pesin Drive Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Crescent Field: 2.6 mi
  • Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 2.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Grove: 2.8 mi
  • North Cove Field: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Discovery Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Little Snake Hill: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.2 mi
  • The Loch: 9.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Columbia Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep HillNW 314°276 m22.4 mi
High MountainNNW 344°268 m19.7 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 322°263 m22.0 mi
Beech MountainNNW 342°260 m20.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 344°230 m19.4 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 286°217 m22.5 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 341°185 m20.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 341°180 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron52 obs
  • Mallard42 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull37 obs
  • common mugwort37 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
  • Canada Goose35 obs
  • Great Blue Heron34 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 way/469526016

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