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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 71 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Crane Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
71 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85204, -74.28487

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crane Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wrensch Park: 0.6 mi
  • Town of West Caldwell public land: 0.8 mi
  • West Essex Industriial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Beverly Road Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.5 mi
  • Bear Country: 5.8 mi
  • Great Plains: 5.8 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 5.8 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 5.8 mi
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 3.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 4.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 4.1 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 4.1 mi
Museums
  • Montclair Art Museum: 3.9 mi
  • The Yogi Berra Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Hamilton House Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Imagine That!!!: 6.2 mi
  • Jersey Explorer Children's Museum: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Beaches
  • Flamingo: 5.8 mi
  • West Beach: 6.1 mi
  • East Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Island Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 29
Waterfalls: 18
  • Hobble Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 8.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 15.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNNW 346°378 m14.7 mi
Copperas MountainNW 320°373 m14.7 mi
Kanouse MountainNNW 331°361 m14.9 mi
Assiniwikam MountainN 349°360 m15.2 mi
Cobb HillNW 315°358 m13.2 mi
Carris HillN 350°341 m14.1 mi
Mount FreedomW 267°341 m15.3 mi
Fugawe RidgeNW 319°335 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.62.94.24.14.04.64.84.54.54.33.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essex Fells Service Bldg, 1 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer32 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle15 obs
  • common mugwort14 obs
  • House Sparrow13 obs
  • wild geranium13 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 node/357744467

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