Park · New Jersey
Columbus Park
Columbus Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Twin Hill stands 304 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulaski Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.86885, -74.04436
- 4.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pulaski Park: 0.4 mi
- The Green: 0.7 mi
- Union Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Teterboro Landing Park: 0.9 mi
- Second Ward Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 0.5 mi
- USS Ling: 0.8 mi
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 2.2 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 5.2 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 5.3 mi
Museums
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science: 1.2 mi
- Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey: 1.3 mi
- Maywood Station Museum: 2.2 mi
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 3.1 mi
- Carlstadt Historic Firehouse Museum: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- HH: 1.6 mi
- Neil McCarthy Memorial Tennis Courts: 1.6 mi
- Minit Mart Bus Stop: 1.6 mi
- Hasbrouck Heights Town Hall Clock: 1.6 mi
- Boro of Hasbrouck Heights Sign: 1.6 mi
Artworks
- Saint Mother Teresa: 2.7 mi
- Obra1: 4.1 mi
- Welcome To Secaucus: 5.3 mi
- Portrait of t.: 5.5 mi
- Our Gates: 5.5 mi
Gardens
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 2.9 mi
- Millridge Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Meadowlands Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Riverside Valley Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Pollinator Meadow: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 5.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 7.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 4.6 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 4.8 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 5.3 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 5.5 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.9 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 7.0 mi
- Thor: 8.5 mi
Peaks
- Manhattan High Point: 5.7 mi
- Long Hill: 5.9 mi
- Inwood Hill: 6.2 mi
- Tetards Hill: 6.6 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- The Backyard: 3.7 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 5.3 mi
- Area B: 6.2 mi
- Area C: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- The Loch: 6.8 mi
- Great Falls: 7.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.6 mi
- The Falls: 10.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 7.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- New City Village: 21.0 mi
- Monksville: 22.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.1 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 15.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Columbus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Hill | NW 326° | 304 m | 17.0 mi |
| Matty Price Hill | NNW 330° | 279 m | 16.9 mi |
| Millstone Hill | NW 322° | 278 m | 16.7 mi |
| High Mountain | NW 311° | 268 m | 10.7 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | WNW 289° | 263 m | 17.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 310° | 260 m | 11.8 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 335° | 248 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 310° | 230 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 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, under a mile away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage138 obs
- silver maple91 obs
- white avens91 obs
- cutleaf coneflower91 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly81 obs
- eastern black walnut77 obs
- Western Honey Bee76 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood75 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 way/39830217
Day trips start here
- Hackensack · 1 mi
- Teaneck · 2 mi
- East Rutherford · 4 mi
- Englewood · 4 mi
- Fort Lee · 4 mi
- Passaic · 4 mi
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