Park · New Jersey
Herrick Park
Herrick Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Twin Hill stands 304 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Terhune Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 32 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.88237, -74.02314
- 3.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 7.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Terhune Park: 0.5 mi
- Sagamore Park: 0.7 mi
- Foschini Park: 0.8 mi
- Amman Park: 0.9 mi
- Phelps Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions
- USS Ling: 0.9 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 1.8 mi
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 2.4 mi
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 4.2 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 5.7 mi
Museums
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science: 1.0 mi
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 2.2 mi
- Maywood Station Museum: 2.4 mi
- Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey: 2.7 mi
- Fort Lee Museum at the Judge Moore House: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
- Bergen County 911 Monument: 1.8 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Neil McCarthy Memorial Tennis Courts: 2.9 mi
- Minit Mart Bus Stop: 2.9 mi
- Hasbrouck Heights Town Hall Clock: 3.0 mi
Gardens
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 2.2 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 4.9 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 4.9 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 4.9 mi
- Trie Cloister: 4.9 mi
Artworks
- Obra1: 2.9 mi
- Saint Mother Teresa: 3.7 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 4.9 mi
- Columnade: 5.0 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 5.2 mi
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 3.9 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.1 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.2 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.7 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 4.8 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.6 mi
- The Palisades: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 6.7 mi
- North Road Park: 7.9 mi
- Beechwood Park: 8.0 mi
Peaks
- Manhattan High Point: 4.9 mi
- Long Hill: 4.9 mi
- Inwood Hill: 5.1 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- The Backyard: 5.0 mi
- Area B: 6.1 mi
- Area C: 6.1 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- The Loch: 6.9 mi
- Great Falls: 8.6 mi
- The Falls: 9.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 10.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- New City Village: 21.5 mi
- Monksville: 22.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 8.7 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Herrick Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Hill | NW 321° | 304 m | 17.0 mi |
| Matty Price Hill | NW 325° | 279 m | 16.7 mi |
| Millstone Hill | NW 317° | 278 m | 16.7 mi |
| High Mountain | WNW 304° | 268 m | 11.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 304° | 260 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 302° | 230 m | 10.8 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 322° | 224 m | 15.1 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 310° | 219 m | 15.9 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, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,282 obs
- Northern Cardinal917 obs
- American Robin892 obs
- Mourning Dove400 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco385 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee360 obs
- common milkweed338 obs
- Eastern Cottontail324 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/749231557
Day trips start here
- Hackensack · 1 mi
- Teaneck · 1 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- River Edge · 3 mi
- Fort Lee · 4 mi
- East Rutherford · 5 mi
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