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Lyndhurst Municipal Park

Lyndhurst Municipal Park from directly overhead

Lyndhurst Municipal Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Stony Brook Mountains stands 289 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside County Park North, a park 0.6 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.81380, -74.12342
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside County Park North: 0.6 mi
  • Hilltop Park: 0.8 mi
  • Firemen's Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lewandowski Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • The George Washington Tree: 1.0 mi
  • World War I Monument: 1.2 mi
  • NA Historical Marker - Eckhardt Farm: 1.5 mi
  • AMVETS Carillon: 1.8 mi
  • WTC Memorial Cove: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Major General Philip Kearny: 3.2 mi
  • Welcome To Secaucus: 3.8 mi
  • The Involved Student: 4.1 mi
  • Tug of War: 4.1 mi
  • Death of Venus: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Cliffs
  • little daddy Maginot: 5.5 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 5.6 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 5.6 mi
  • Thor: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • The Backyard: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic and Grill: 4.1 mi
  • The Park: 8.5 mi
  • Freedom Field: 8.8 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Great Falls: 7.7 mi
  • The Loch: 8.7 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 10.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Lyndhurst Municipal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony Brook MountainsNW 309°289 m17.4 mi
Pyramid MountainNW 305°283 m16.9 mi
Sheep HillWNW 296°276 m16.5 mi
High MountainNNW 340°268 m11.5 mi
Turkey MountainNW 306°268 m16.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 307°263 m15.2 mi
Beech MountainNNW 337°260 m12.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 339°230 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel71 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly59 obs
  • common mugwort53 obs
  • Canada Goose45 obs
  • American Robin39 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail34 obs
  • Western Honey Bee34 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/39648539

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