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Fox Hill Reserve

Fox Hill Reserve from directly overhead

Fox Hill Reserve is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 135 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwood Gardens, a garden 0.6 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
135 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.74233, -74.31778
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Peaks
Parks
Artworks
Museums
  • Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 2.1 mi
  • 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 2.7 mi
  • Summit Historical Society: 2.9 mi
  • Imagine That!!!: 4.5 mi
  • Little Red Schoolhouse: 4.9 mi
Attractions
  • African Adventure: 2.5 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 2.6 mi
  • Australian Outback: 2.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 2.6 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • September 11th Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Girl Scout Cabin (#10): 4.7 mi
  • Lake Surprise Boathouse (#11): 4.9 mi
  • Lake Surprise Bathhouse (#12): 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hidden Valley Park: 2.8 mi
  • East Hills Park: 3.2 mi
  • West Essex Park: 3.2 mi
  • West Essex Park: 3.8 mi
  • Prospect Park: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 54
Picnic sites: 33
  • The Park: 4.5 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Hemlock Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Seele: 6.9 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 0.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 9.9 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 10.0 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 10.1 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 10.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 1.6 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Fox Hill Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomWNW 297°341 m15.2 mi
Fugawe RidgeNNW 341°335 m16.7 mi
Calais MountainWNW 292°334 m15.1 mi
Watnong MountainNW 309°295.7 m11.8 mi
Stony Brook MountainsNNW 348°289 m16.2 mi
Rock Pear MountainNNW 346°289 m16.4 mi
Pyramid MountainNNW 346°283 m15.0 mi
Randall HillNW 304°283 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American wintergreen371 obs
  • Japanese barberry255 obs
  • wineberry243 obs
  • American beech232 obs
  • garlic mustard201 obs
  • American tuliptree189 obs
  • Japanese knotweed186 obs
  • winged euonymus161 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 node/357736547

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