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Dotterweich Field

Dotterweich Field from directly overhead

Dotterweich Field is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Drive Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

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How to reach it

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Coordinates40.93850, -74.21425

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Speert Green: 0.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 4.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
  • East Beach: 1.9 mi
  • West Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • American Flag Rock: 2.3 mi
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 2.4 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 2.8 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 4.9 mi
  • Thor: 5.1 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 5.1 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 5.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 9.6 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Dotterweich Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 319°378 m11.1 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 324°360 m11.1 mi
Bald MountainN 3°351 m12.6 mi
Carris HillNW 322°341 m10.0 mi
Saddle MountainNW 325°341 m11.6 mi
High MountainN 354°337 m10.4 mi
Fugawe RidgeWNW 282°335 m11.0 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 321°335 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander49 obs
  • Canada Goose34 obs
  • American Robin29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • wineberry16 obs
  • Mourning Dove13 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 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/569670455

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