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Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park from directly overhead

Lincoln Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72617, -74.17839

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Jackson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Tichenor Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harrison Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jesse Allen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hank Aaron Field: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • FlyNYON: 3.6 mi
  • Big Cat Country: 6.0 mi
  • Birds of Prey: 6.0 mi
  • Australian Outback: 6.0 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 42
  • The Park: 3.0 mi
  • Freedom Field: 6.6 mi
  • The Backyard: 8.5 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Hemlock Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Hawk Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 9.4 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 6.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Lincoln Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainWNW 297°295.7 m18.5 mi
Sheep HillNW 318°276 m17.9 mi
TourneNW 314°273 m18.7 mi
High MountainN 356°268 m16.9 mi
Turkey MountainNNW 327°268 m18.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNNW 329°263 m17.8 mi
Beech MountainN 354°260 m17.6 mi
Mount CecchinoN 356°230 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441526372787669574637
Precip in3.73.34.34.14.44.94.84.44.34.13.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel848 obs
  • House Sparrow660 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat658 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow632 obs
  • Ovenbird593 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly389 obs
  • American Woodcock314 obs
  • staghorn sumac314 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/39680168

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