Park · New Jersey
Columbus Park
Columbus Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 45 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.78384, -74.00892
- 5.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- South Park: 0.3 mi
- Fillmore Park: 0.3 mi
- Donnelly Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- North Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Weehawken 9/11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Weehawken Memorial World War: 0.9 mi
- Alexander Hamilton: 1.0 mi
- New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge: 1.1 mi
- New York Central Locomotive: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Private Passage: 1.1 mi
- Swinging Jenny: 1.2 mi
- Celia Cruz: 1.4 mi
- Clinton War Memorial (Doughboy): 1.4 mi
- Le Guichet: 1.5 mi
Attractions
- Royal Caribbean/Norweigan Cruise Pier: 1.3 mi
- USS Intrepid: 1.4 mi
- Circle Line: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: 1.5 mi
- Free Public Stargazing: 1.5 mi
Museums
- Intrepid Museum: 1.4 mi
- American Folk Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- NYC Barber Shop Museum: 1.7 mi
- Children's Museum of Manhattan: 1.7 mi
- Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation: 1.8 mi
Gardens
- Alonso Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.5 mi
- Barclays Capital Grove: 1.5 mi
- Coliseum Park: 1.7 mi
- Clinton Community Garden: 1.7 mi
Peaks
- Kings Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.0 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.1 mi
- Great Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Morris: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 2.5 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 3.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.5 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.7 mi
Beaches
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.8 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.0 mi
- Hazard Beach: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.8 mi
- Street Seats: 3.9 mi
- The Backyard: 4.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Palisades: 1.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.0 mi
- Palisades: 3.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- The Loch: 2.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.7 mi
- The Falls: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 9.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 14.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Feltville Historic District: 21.0 mi
- Barber: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Columbus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 16.3 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | WNW 302° | 263 m | 21.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 321° | 260 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 322° | 230 m | 16.0 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 332° | 224 m | 21.2 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 323° | 219 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 13° | 208 m | 18.8 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 320° | 185 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.
- white snakeroot1,534 obs
- Rock Pigeon1,351 obs
- House Sparrow585 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly513 obs
- common milkweed478 obs
- European Starling416 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel398 obs
- American Robin376 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/296308572
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- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
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