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Columbus Park

Columbus Park from directly overhead

Columbus Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Statue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.74874, -74.03296

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • ShopRite Park: 0.2 mi
  • Legion Park: 0.3 mi
  • West Hoboken Relisancy Park: 0.3 mi
  • Elysian Park: 0.4 mi
  • Viaduct Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 0.7 mi
  • Palisades: 1.6 mi
  • Palisades: 4.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 5.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Columbus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep HillWNW 301°276 m22.8 mi
High MountainNNW 331°268 m17.6 mi
Turkey MountainNW 308°268 m22.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m21.7 mi
Beech MountainNNW 329°260 m18.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m17.3 mi
LeGrande HillNNW 329°219 m22.7 mi
Mount NeboNNE 15°208 m21.5 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.

  • Spotted Lanternfly490 obs
  • Western Honey Bee480 obs
  • Canada Goose471 obs
  • Rock Pigeon425 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee317 obs
  • House Sparrow286 obs
  • Monarch260 obs
  • American Robin209 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/24404437

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