Park · New Jersey
Fountain Park
Fountain Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Secaucus Town Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.78756, -74.05962
- 6.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Secaucus Town Museum: 0.3 mi
- Meadowlands Environment Center: 2.3 mi
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 2.4 mi
- Meadowlands Museum: 3.0 mi
- Hoboken Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
Attractions
- truck: 0.3 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 2.8 mi
- Frank Sinatra's Birthplace: 3.2 mi
- USS Intrepid: 3.5 mi
- Royal Caribbean/Norweigan Cruise Pier: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- Welcome To Secaucus: 0.4 mi
- Celia Cruz: 1.9 mi
- Wave: 2.4 mi
- American Spread Wing Eagle: 3.5 mi
- Torch Bearers: 3.5 mi
Parks
- Smit Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Monarch Park: 0.6 mi
- Imagine Garden: 0.7 mi
- Snipes Park: 0.8 mi
- Schmidts Wood: 1.0 mi
Gardens
- Meadowlands Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Millridge Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- Riverside Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Alonso Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Lehrer Tract: 1.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 1.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 2.8 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 3.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
- American War Memorial Plaza: 2.1 mi
- Laurel Hill Park: 2.3 mi
- William Tylee Ranney: 2.4 mi
- WTC Memorial Cove: 2.4 mi
- Weehawken Memorial World War: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Little Snake Hill: 2.4 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 4.7 mi
- Vista Rock: 4.8 mi
Beaches
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.1 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 4.3 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- The Backyard: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.2 mi
- Freedom Field: 6.3 mi
- Street Seats: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Palisades: 2.4 mi
- Palisades: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.0 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- The Loch: 5.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.0 mi
- Great Falls: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 2.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 7.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.2 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 18.6 mi
- Barber: 20.6 mi
- New City Village: 23.7 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 12.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Fountain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Hill | WNW 297° | 276 m | 20.3 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 14.6 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 304° | 268 m | 19.8 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 306° | 263 m | 18.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 328° | 260 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 14.3 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 338° | 224 m | 19.9 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 328° | 219 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Mallard60 obs
- Green-winged Teal53 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly50 obs
- Snowy Egret49 obs
- Canada Goose45 obs
- Monk Parakeet45 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird43 obs
- Ring-billed Gull40 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/452058564
Day trips start here
- Secaucus · 1 mi
- Union City · 2 mi
- Weehawken · 2 mi
- Hoboken · 3 mi
- East Rutherford · 4 mi
- Hudson County · 4 mi
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