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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Bald Mountain stands 351 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is McEllen Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

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Coordinates40.91162, -74.06263

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McEllen Park: 0.3 mi
  • Spring Valley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fred Zigrest Centennial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Firemen's Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Buehler Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Leonia Library Reading Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Speert Green: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Cliffs
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • The Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Palisades: 8.0 mi
  • Thor: 8.2 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area B: 3.2 mi
  • Area C: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic and Grill: 5.2 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Great Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 7.3 mi
  • The Loch: 9.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.7 mi
  • The Falls: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNW 334°351 m16.1 mi
High MountainNW 324°337 m15.2 mi
Herman HillNNW 332°328 m15.8 mi
Drag HillNNW 329°323 m15.0 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 327°322 m14.8 mi
Twin HillNW 323°304 m14.1 mi
Stag Hill/Houvenkopf MountainNNW 336°282 m14.7 mi
Matty Price HillNNW 327°279 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose136 obs
  • American Robin91 obs
  • White-tailed Deer81 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel62 obs
  • Mallard58 obs
  • common milkweed56 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly56 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant56 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/39648569

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