Elysian Park
Elysian Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is General Pershing Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- General Pershing Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Birthplace of Baseball Monument: 0.1 mi
- SS Stevens Memorial Anchor: 0.3 mi
- Columbus Statue: 0.4 mi
- Gate House: 0.4 mi
- Maxwell Place Lawn: 0.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Park: 0.1 mi
- Shipyard Park: 0.2 mi
- Sybil’s Cave: 0.3 mi
- Castle Point Park: 0.3 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 0.1 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.0 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.6 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.9 mi
- Hoboken Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Hoboken Fire Department Museum: 0.7 mi
- Gagosian: 1.0 mi
- Whitney Museum of American Art: 1.1 mi
- Ground Zero Museum Workshop: 1.1 mi
- Torch Bearers: 0.3 mi
- American Spread Wing Eagle: 0.3 mi
- Structural Steel Teaching Aid: 0.4 mi
- Francis Albert Sinatra: 0.5 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 0.5 mi
- Frank Sinatra's Birthplace: 0.8 mi
- Fireboat John J. Harvey: 0.9 mi
- Lightship Frying Pan: 0.9 mi
- Little Island: 0.9 mi
- Pier 55: 1.0 mi
- Riverside Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Jeff Dullea Inter-Generational Garden: 1.3 mi
- Alice's Garden: 1.5 mi
- Grove Court: 1.5 mi
- School Garden of City-As: 1.7 mi
- Kings Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 3.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 3.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.6 mi
- Bird Island: 3.8 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 4.3 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.0 mi
- Street Seats: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 1.0 mi
- Palisades: 1.5 mi
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 10.8 mi
- The Loch: 4.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.8 mi
- The Falls: 13.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 10.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.5 mi
- Barber: 19.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Elysian Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 17.8 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 307° | 268 m | 22.9 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 309° | 263 m | 22.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 328° | 260 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 337° | 224 m | 23.0 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 328° | 219 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 14° | 208 m | 21.4 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 | 15:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon805 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly690 obs
- Western Honey Bee530 obs
- Canada Goose492 obs
- House Sparrow414 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee364 obs
- Monarch281 obs
- common ivy280 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/24404317
Day trips start here
- Hoboken · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Union City · 1 mi
- Weehawken · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 2 mi
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