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Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park from directly overhead

Lincoln Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Pyramid Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln the Mystic, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72769, -74.08950

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Pesin Drive Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Riverside Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • North Cove Field: 2.8 mi
  • Crescent Field: 2.9 mi
  • Cherry Tree Grove: 2.9 mi
Beaches
  • Caven Point Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Newport Sand Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.2 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.6 mi
  • Palisades: 4.6 mi
  • Palisades: 7.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.7 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.9 mi
  • The Loch: 8.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Lincoln Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid MountainNW 315°283 m22.1 mi
Sheep HillNW 309°276 m21.2 mi
High MountainNNW 341°268 m17.7 mi
Turkey MountainNW 316°268 m21.3 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 318°263 m20.5 mi
Beech MountainNNW 339°260 m18.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 341°230 m17.4 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 337°185 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
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, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander47 obs
  • Common Garter Snake47 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
  • American Robin40 obs
  • Rock Pigeon39 obs
  • House Sparrow38 obs
  • European Starling34 obs
  • Great Egret31 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/27459348

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