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Halsey A Fredrick Park

Halsey A Fredrick Park from directly overhead

Halsey A Fredrick Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 127 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Construction of the Dam, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
127 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.89621, -74.42265

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Construction of the Dam: 0.6 mi
  • Jersey City Water Works: 0.7 mi
  • Washington Street Bridge: 0.7 mi
  • Boonton Iron Works Blast Furnace Ruins: 0.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Grace Lord Park: 0.8 mi
  • Island Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Pepe Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kanouse Pocket Park: 1.3 mi
  • Tourne County Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • BHS Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 6.7 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 6.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • "Limestone" Quarry: 4.1 mi
  • Bear Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Tripod Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Whale Head Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Cave Tunnel: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 60
  • Eagle Cliff: 5.2 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 10.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 11.4 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 11.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 22
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boonton Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Otter Hole: 11.1 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Halsey A Fredrick Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNW 317°425 m11.7 mi
Bowling Green MountainNW 319°420 m10.2 mi
Green Pond MountainNW 308°393 m8.0 mi
Buck MountainNNE 17°378 m11.8 mi
Copperas MountainNNW 345°373 m8.5 mi
Mount ArlingtonW 277°371 m10.8 mi
Mount PaulNNW 329°368 m11.8 mi
Kanouse MountainN 0°361 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen82 obs
  • American wintergreen73 obs
  • partridgeberry57 obs
  • American beech28 obs
  • winged euonymus25 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage21 obs
  • wineberry19 obs
  • Ghost Pipe18 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/357741679

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