Park · New Jersey
Jackson Park
Jackson Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Todd Bowles Waterfront Sports Complex, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.65202, -74.18746
- 18.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Todd Bowles Waterfront Sports Complex: 0.4 mi
- Brophy Field: 0.4 mi
- Marciante-Millet-Jackson Park: 0.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Waterfront Park: 0.5 mi
- Miller Playground: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Arlington Marsh Park: 0.9 mi
- Mariner's Marsh Park: 1.1 mi
- Forest Grove: 1.9 mi
- Graniteville Swamp Park: 2.0 mi
- Pralls Island: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- Fish: 0.9 mi
- Fish: 1.1 mi
- Jim Looking Back at Rosaleen: 2.6 mi
- Rosaleen Looking at Jim: 2.6 mi
- Park Avenue Tulips: 2.7 mi
Museums
- Belcher Ogden Mansion: 1.4 mi
- Bonnel House Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
- Liberty Hall Museum: 2.7 mi
- The Peter Houseman House: 3.7 mi
- The Scott-Edwards House: 3.7 mi
Gardens
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 1.9 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 3.0 mi
- Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 3.5 mi
- Joe Holzka Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
- Memorial to All Vietnam Veterans: 2.7 mi
- Stone Mercedes 240D: 2.9 mi
- O'Neill Point: 3.2 mi
- Willowbrook Mile Memorial (Milestone 6): 4.0 mi
- Historic Stone Chimney: 4.2 mi
Attractions
- Carousel for All Children: 3.7 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 4.7 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 5.3 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 5.5 mi
- Jurassic Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Todt Hill: 5.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.7 mi
- Emerson Hill: 5.7 mi
- Park Hill: 6.1 mi
- Fox Hills: 6.3 mi
Beaches
- Caven Point Beach: 6.9 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 7.1 mi
- South Beach: 7.7 mi
- Midland Beach: 7.7 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Linden Airport mini-park: 4.0 mi
- The Park: 5.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 7.4 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Hemlock Falls: 8.6 mi
- Hobble Falls: 8.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.3 mi
- Seele: 11.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Hawk Hill: 8.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 14.5 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.4 mi
- North Tower: 20.6 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 7.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 7.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 9.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 10.6 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 9.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Jackson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NW 311° | 295.7 m | 21.0 mi |
| Sheep Hill | NNW 328° | 276 m | 21.7 mi |
| High Mountain | N 359° | 268 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | N 358° | 230 m | 21.7 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | WNW 296° | 229 m | 20.0 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | WNW 298° | 217 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Kemble | WNW 295° | 215 m | 19.2 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | WNW 291° | 204 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly41 obs
- groundsel tree27 obs
- common mugwort21 obs
- common reed21 obs
- House Sparrow19 obs
- ribwort plantain17 obs
- Groundhog16 obs
- Ring-billed Gull15 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/366768397
Day trips start here
- Elizabeth · 1 mi
- Bayonne · 4 mi
- Linden · 4 mi
- Staten Island · 5 mi
- Union County · 5 mi
- Union · 5 mi
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