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Johnson Park

Johnson Park from directly overhead

Johnson Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Rocky Mountain stands 322 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.89447, -74.03511

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Sluckup: 2.7 mi
  • Sluckup: 2.7 mi
  • Neil McCarthy Memorial Tennis Courts: 2.8 mi
  • Bergen County 911 Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Minit Mart Bus Stop: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Leonia Library Reading Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 5.8 mi
  • Bonnefont Cloister: 5.8 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 5.8 mi
  • Trie Cloister: 5.8 mi
Cliffs
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 33
  • Area B: 5.0 mi
  • Area C: 5.1 mi
  • The Backyard: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic and Grill: 6.0 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Great Falls: 7.8 mi
  • The Loch: 7.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 9.1 mi
  • The Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Johnson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky MountainNW 325°322 m16.6 mi
Twin HillNW 321°304 m15.9 mi
Stag Hill/Houvenkopf MountainNNW 333°282 m16.3 mi
Matty Price HillNW 325°279 m15.6 mi
Millstone HillNW 317°278 m15.6 mi
High MountainWNW 302°268 m10.0 mi
Monroe RidgeNNW 328°262 m16.2 mi
Beech MountainWNW 302°260 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536373787669574738
Precip in3.32.84.14.03.94.24.44.24.13.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,279 obs
  • Northern Cardinal927 obs
  • American Robin835 obs
  • Mourning Dove382 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco380 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee341 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail325 obs
  • House Sparrow317 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/39649231

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