Park · New Jersey
Hackensack River County Park
Hackensack River County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. High Mountain stands 337 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Andreas Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.90788, -74.02696
- 4.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Andreas Park: 0.2 mi
- Clarence W Brett Park: 0.4 mi
- Tokoloka Park: 0.4 mi
- New Bridge Landing: 0.4 mi
- Northpointe Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 0.4 mi
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science: 1.7 mi
- Maywood Station Museum: 2.2 mi
- African Art Museum at the SMA: 3.4 mi
- Hiram Bauvelt Wildlife Art Museum: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- USS Ling: 2.0 mi
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 2.2 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 3.0 mi
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 3.5 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 7.0 mi
Historic sites
- Sluckup: 2.2 mi
- Sluckup: 2.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company: 2.7 mi
- Bergen County 911 Monument: 3.2 mi
Artworks
- Obra1: 3.5 mi
- Saint Mother Teresa: 4.0 mi
- Columnade: 5.9 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 6.1 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 6.2 mi
Gardens
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 3.7 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 5.8 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 5.8 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 5.8 mi
- Trie Cloister: 5.8 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- The Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Palisades: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 7.3 mi
Beaches
- Undercliff Beach: 4.7 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.7 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 5.2 mi
- Huylers Beach: 5.4 mi
Peaks
- Inwood Hill: 5.8 mi
- Long Hill: 5.8 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.9 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 6.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- North Road Park: 6.2 mi
- Beechwood Park: 6.3 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.7 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Area B: 4.7 mi
- Area C: 4.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.3 mi
- The Backyard: 6.5 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Great Falls: 8.1 mi
- The Loch: 8.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.1 mi
- The Falls: 9.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Monksville: 20.6 mi
- New City Village: 20.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 9.2 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 17.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Hackensack River County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 319° | 337 m | 16.5 mi |
| Drag Hill | NW 324° | 323 m | 16.2 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NW 322° | 322 m | 16.1 mi |
| Twin Hill | NW 318° | 304 m | 15.5 mi |
| Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain | NNW 331° | 282 m | 15.7 mi |
| Matty Price Hill | NW 322° | 279 m | 15.2 mi |
| Millstone Hill | NW 313° | 278 m | 15.3 mi |
| High Mountain | WNW 296° | 268 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,282 obs
- Northern Cardinal934 obs
- American Robin832 obs
- Mourning Dove383 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco383 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee337 obs
- Eastern Cottontail320 obs
- House Sparrow315 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/39873956
Day trips start here
- Teaneck · 1 mi
- Hackensack · 2 mi
- River Edge · 2 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- Bergen County · 4 mi
- Haworth · 4 mi
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