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Finch Park

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Finch Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. Diamond Mountain stands 378 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Shultz Property, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
109 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.06405, -74.14332

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.6 mi
  • Quad: 0.7 mi
  • Darlington County Park: 1.5 mi
  • Darlington County Park: 1.7 mi
  • Crestwood Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Abandoned Tractor: 2.0 mi
  • Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 3.6 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Great Oak Tree: 6.7 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 7.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 5.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Horsechestnut Collection: 6.2 mi
Cliffs
  • Oliphant Boulder: 5.7 mi
  • Run-up: 5.7 mi
  • Buttrest: 5.7 mi
  • Sunrise: 5.7 mi
  • High Electricity: 5.7 mi
Artworks
  • Special Delivery: 6.0 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 6.3 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 6.3 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 6.3 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 57
  • Crystal Lake Beach Club: 5.5 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Old Sebago Beach: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Kakiat Park: 5.9 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 22.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Finch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond MountainN 3°378 m8.1 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNNE 16°378 m8.8 mi
Conklin MountainN 6°365 m9.1 mi
Tuxedo RockN 9°358 m8.9 mi
Raccoon Brook HillN 4°353 m7.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°351 m4.9 mi
Ramapo TorneN 351°341 m6.1 mi
Pine Meadow MountainN 6°340 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2519:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293038496069747366544435
Precip in3.42.73.94.23.65.14.74.63.94.43.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 8 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • garlic mustard17 obs
  • Common Garter Snake16 obs
  • Mute Swan14 obs
  • American Toad13 obs
  • Canada Goose11 obs
  • American Robin10 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/39648455

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