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Dean Park

Dean Park from directly overhead

Dean Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain stands 282 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.91732, -73.96625

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 0.5 mi
  • Trevor Park: 4.4 mi
  • USS Ling: 4.6 mi
  • Parking: 5.2 mi
  • Stumpery: 5.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Cliffs
Artworks
Gardens
  • Pure Love Organic Farms: 3.4 mi
  • PS24 Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Leonia Library Reading Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 4.0 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 16
  • The Falls: 6.9 mi
  • The Loch: 8.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Dean Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stag Hill/Houvenkopf MountainNW 320°282 m17.0 mi
Matty Price HillNW 312°279 m16.9 mi
High MountainWNW 287°268 m12.7 mi
Monroe RidgeNW 315°262 m17.2 mi
Beech MountainWNW 288°260 m13.7 mi
Green HillNW 318°248 m16.9 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 285°230 m12.6 mi
Hooge Kop/Houvenkopf MountainNW 323°230 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536373787669574738
Precip in3.32.84.14.03.94.24.44.24.13.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 6 mi away.

  • American beech102 obs
  • American Robin91 obs
  • American Bullfrog89 obs
  • White-tailed Deer87 obs
  • American sweetgum84 obs
  • striped wintergreen82 obs
  • Canada mayflower77 obs
  • red maple76 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 node/357742868

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